Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Foods Great Burger Challenge

WCHS students in Foods 20 and 30 occupied themselves for the first few weeks of May with the Great Burger Challenge. Students were tasked with creating a bun, a patty and a side or sauce. The 20 levels got to choose to make a patty out of veggie and poultry, and the 30 levels got their choice of veggie, poultry, and beef.

 In preparation for the event Chef Adams had a guest speaker, Chef JP, from the ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen. He talked to students about maintaining a grill, how to best grill the veggie patties and making perfect grill lines. His colleagues at the ATCO office were kind enough to lend the students a grill for the day so the class could all grill at the same time. Students were asked to grill enough burgers for each member of their teams and two for judgment by the school teachers. The two burgers plated for judging were used to judge the taste and plating of the burger. The ones not eaten were used in an auction to the teachers who judged. The money raised from the auction went towards the food bank.

 The Judges decided on one winner from each category. Winners from the veggie category were Gabby & Zahra, from the Beef category Asem & Jacob, and from poultry Rasveen. The five winners got to take home a “golden” spatula, though it was lacking the gold color because Chef Adams had wanted the spatula to be usable