The Student Chocolate Challenge offers students the opportunity to experience the world of competitions, while allowing schools to come together in a friendly, competitive environment. Current baking and pastry students from schools across the country are asked to create and present chocolate showpieces exhibiting their creativity and talents. Showpieces are critiqued based on the overall artistic appeal and originality of the finished work, as well as the amount of technique and skill displayed.
2013 Student Challenge Competitors
We have quite a few students participating this year and we’re happy to have them, along with their schools, involved! Traveling from across the country, here are the students entering to compete on Sunday, August 25th, 2013:
- Renee Allen, International Culinary Schools at the Art Institute of California, Sacramento, CA
- Melissa F. Bullins, The International Culinary Schools at the Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
- Anya Damron, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville, NC
- Paige Fuhrman, York Technical Institute, Lancaster, PA
- Rachel Geist, York Technical Institute, Lancaster, PA
- Brooke Hoekstra, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
- Faith Maximilian, Dorsey Culinary Arts Academy, Detroit, MI
- Luis Rojas, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
- Sheila Stevens Shang, Le Cordon Bleu, Atlanta, GA
And the 2012 winners are…
First Place:
Rebecca Schappell, Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts
Second Place:
Monica Jacks, Platt College, Moore Campus
Third Place:
Brittany Bortz, Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts
