Congratulations to all our students who participated in this competition. Results are as follows

At the end of Term Two, 22 of our Hospitality Academy students plus three staff members spent two nights in Hamilton preparing and taking part in the Waikato Culinary Fair Competition.

This event is an opportunity to showcase our hospitality skills‚ and the true meaning of the event is about providing a culinary competition platform for secondary school and tertiary students to show their practical skills and knowledge in a way that demonstrates their creativity‚ innovation and flair.

The students worked extremely hard in to the night, perfecting their techniques and the results were outstanding with 16 medals awarded.  A special mention must also go to Zavier Cunningham (12HCB) who came second overall in his class with twenty entries plus Samuel Sukanatabua (12MMT) and Theresa Pama (13KVE), who both came third overall in their respective classes out of over eighty entries!

All our 22 students did a fantastic job, never easy with everyone watching including the judges and we are very proud of you all. The student entries represent the skills learnt by our academy students and the winning dishes make for mouth-watering reading.

The school is very proud of you all. Many thanks to the staff, Nyla Hanson, Delint Ngaue and Jenni Douglas, who made this possible.

Bronze

· Sharon Naidu (13MWT) - Cold dessert ( Hazelnut Paris Brest) and Café cake (Banana Cake)

· Jaden Hill (13MSD) - Soup (Fresh Tomato & Fish Soup)

· Tremaine Stone (12HCB) - Creative Pizza (Butter Chicken Pizza)

· Logan Ribbon (12HYI) - Creative Pizza (Mexican Pizza)

· Adrienne Bowler (12KOS) - Café Cake (Peanut Butter Bliss)

· Reuben Edwards McKean (13TBC) - Creative Burger (Fan Fried Fish with a Mussel Fritter and Homemade Tartare Sauce)

Silver

· Vania Matangi (12HYI) - Cupcakes (Mochacino Cupcake filled with a Mochacino Mouse)

· Francheska Hughes (12HYI) - Cupcakes (Coconut Cupcake filled with a Pineapple Curd topped with Pineapple Flowers)

· Amethyst Harvey (12TTL) - Cupcakes (Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Cupcake)

· Shikayla Johnston-Holland (13TBC) - Cold Dessert (Mochacino Mouse with white & pink Italian Meringue and a Tuile Biscuit)

· Kararaina Wirepa (13TCP) - Cold Dessert ( Raspberry Tasting Plate: Crème Brulee, Profiteroles and White Raspberry Chocolate Truffle)

· Hope Davis (12KLG) - Chicken Dish ( Sundried Tomato Cream Cheese stuffed Chicken Breast wrapped in Pama Ham served with Roast Potatoes, Carrot and Brocolini)

Gold

· Eline Penaia (12MDL) - Cupcakes (Lemon Cupcakes filled with a Passionfruit Curd, topped with Candied Lemon, Butter Cream and Meringues). She came second in her class with over a 100 entrants.

· Zavier Cunningham (12HCB) - Chicken Dish (Thai Dumpling Soup). He also came second overall in his class with over 20 entrants.

· Samuel Sukanatabua (12MMT) - Café Cake (Coconut Chocolate Cake filled with a White Chocolate Coconut Mouse, Coated in a Dark Chocolate Ganache and Garnished with Toasted Coconut Flakes)

· Theresa Pama (13KVE) - Cafe Cake- (Layered Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing, Caramel Ganache, Salted Caramel Popcorn and Praline)

Both Theresa and Samuel came 3rd overall in their class with over 80 entrants.

A few of our students didn’t place, however we are still very proud of them as it is very difficult to put yourself in a situation where everyone is watching and judging. Nerves became the better of them 

Check out the website for photos.

https://www.facebook.com/waikatoculinaryfare/