PHOTO COURTESY OF CHIEF LESCHI

The winning team in Chief Leschi’s fourth- annual Iron Chef competition (left to right): Catherine Jones, Britt Kerns, Levi Salway and Raymond Johnnie.

Fourth annual Iron Chef competition

By Tribal News Writers

Dishes clanging, secret hud-dles and high energy filled the culinary arts class room March 20 at Chief Leschi High School. Sixteen advanced culinary students competed to see who would come up with the most creative, delectable, beautiful dishes for the secret ingredients provided by Officer Allan Gerking. This year’s secret ingredients included shrimp, scallops, strawberries, grapes and Yukon gold potatoes. Students had one hour and fifteen minutes to design their menu and have their items on the table for judging.

The winning group was Britt Kerns, Raymond Johnnie, Levi Salway and Catherine Jones with a citrus marinara over four cheese ravioli, tuxedo strawberries and special breading for the seafood. Other teams were in a three-way tie for second: Rory Yoder, Robert Loucks, Tony Nichols, Nicole Rasar, Cheyenne Winterhawk, Julian Dillon, Phillip James, Sammy Keesy, Levi Garcia, Adam Gardner, Alex Devlin and Russell Markishtum. Judges had a quite a challenge deciding as every group had at least one outstanding item. A special thanks goes to the video production class for their documenting of  the event and Mrs. Gerking, Lucy Dafoe, Ray Lorton and Lieutenant Detective Todd Wescott  for judging this event.

A good time was had by all and this really showcases the talented students here at Chief Leschi!

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