Seventy young chefs and bakers traveled to the Sussex Technical High School on Saturday, February 18, carrying a prepared recipe and place setting.  All were excited and some a little nervous to showcase their foods knowledge and cooking skills.  Each contestant was interviewed by a judge who had critiqued their recipe and menu in advance. Judges sample, evaluate the prepared dish and award a ribbon to each participant.   Division winners are selected and all attendees are invited to sample the array of foods.  It is always a day of fun, education, new experiences and fellowship!

 2017 Favorite Foods Winners:

Beginner Appetizer, Soup, or Hors D’oeuvres

 

Winner:  Wyatt Warner, Clover Knights
Honorable Mention:  Ivy Anne Genshaw, Seaford Blue Jays

Ribbon Winner:  Carly DeFord

 

 

Junior Appetizer, Soup, or Hors D’oeuvres

Winner:  Abigail Frost, Clover Knights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginner Breads

 

 

Winner:  Kieran Probert, Sunset Branch
 

 

 

Beginner Fruits & Vegetables

 

 

Winner:  Brooke Elliott, Clover Knights
 

 

 

Junior Fruits & Vegetables

 

Winner:  Kyle Kerr, Bridgeville Mustangs
Honorable Mention:  Jace Goff, Bridgeville Mustangs

Ribbon Winner: Layne Smith

 

 

Senior Fruits & Vegetables

 

 

Winner:  Meredith Carey, Bridgeville Mustangs
Honorable Mention:  Kyle Morris, Hollymount

 

 

 

Beginner Meat & Main Dish

 

Winner:  Carley Croll, Sunset Branch
Honorable Mention:  Lilly Hastings, Sunset Branch
Ribbon Winners: Demetreus Moutzalias, Jorja Nesbitt, Benjamin Warren and Ainsley West

 

 

Junior Meat & Main Dish

 

Winner:  Bryan Ucman, Lord Baltimore
Honorable Mention:  Rachel Carey, Bridgeville Mustangs
Ribbon Winners:

 

 

Senior Meat & Main Dish

 

Winner:  Alyssa Thawley, Seaford Blue Jays
Honorable Mention:  Lizzy Krams, Sunset Branch
Ribbon Winners: Claudia VanGessel, Lexi Ucman and Destiny Carmona

 

 

Beginner Cookie, Cupcake, Candy Category

 

Winner:  Bradley Tomeski, Dublin Hill
Honorable Mention:  Janet Shultie, Seaford Blue Jays
Ribbon Winner:  Zoey Redden, Jake Shultie, Juliana Sites, Annika Teagle,

 

 

Beginner Desserts

 

Winner:  Devon Allen, Dublin Hill
Honorable Mention:  Declan West, Hollymount
Ribbon Winners:  Carter Bradley, Kate Cunningham, Isabella Frost, Victoria Smith, Lily Spedden and Abigail VanVorst

 

 

Junior Desserts

 

Winner:  Erin Carey, Bridgeville Mustangs
Honorable Mention:  Holly Calloway, Bridgeville Mustangs
Ribbon Winners:  Ashlyn Elliott, Dakota Carmona, Diamond Carmona and Wesley DeFord

 

 

Senior Desserts

 

Winner:  Jill Koski, Seaford Blue Jays
Honorable Mention:  Gabriella Morra, Dublin Hill
Ribbon Winners:  Brooke Joseph, Miranda Ucman,

 

 

 

Sr. Recipe Redo

 

Winner:  Rebecca Arpie, Cypress Heart & Hands
Honorable Mention:  Taylor Wroten, Dublin Hill
Ribbon Winner:  Abby Krams

 

 

Winners received a baking pan and a reusable cake decorating bags sponsored by the Delaware 4-H Foundation and a trophy sponsored by the Argo family in memory of Mary Argo.  All participants received a 2017 Favorite Foods Recipe Book and a ribbon.

 

Cloverbud participants who received a participation ribbon and cookbook were:  Juliette Anger, Lillie Bradley, Reid Bradley, Page Croll, Abby Cunningham, Lucille Eskridge, Addison Freeberry, Makayla Goff, Maya Hastings, Logan Jackson, Aydin Jones, Talia Moutzalias, Liam Probert, Olivia Shultie, Alayna Teagle, Waylon Warner and Nicholas Warren.

 

 

Special thanks to Co- chairpersons:  Gina Anger and Marian Carey, Judges:  Melissa Mitchell, Laura Parks, Emily Peterson, Sandy Reynolds, Janet Snyder, Betty Lou Suter and Jean Wilson, Cloverbud Judges:  Kimberlyn Scott and Colleen Anderson, Judge’s assistants:   Meredith Carey, Jill Koski, Shawn Mitchell, Kyle Morris and Garrett Smith, Carriers: Rachel Carey, Wesley DeFord and Matison Smith,  Wood Science Judging Training:  Clyde Mellin, Shopping Challenge:  Kimi Moore and Kathleen Splane, Registration:  Jacalyn Bradley and Destiny Carmona,  Craft Corner/Kids Corner:  Cherie Carpenter, Brittany Carpenter, Yvette Morris, Alyssa Thawley and Crystal Thawley,

Photographer:  Kaleb Scott,  Foods & Nutrition Judging Monitor: Gail Tipton, Behind the Scenes:  Tammy Schirmer, Kaleb Scott and Jill Jackson Favorite Foods Set up:  Colleen Anderson, Jenna Anger, Rebecca Arpie, Erin Carey, Meredith Carey, Rachel Carey, Brittany Carpenter, Shawn Mitchell, Jarrett Williams, Taylor Wroten, Gina Anger, Marian Carey and Jill Jackson.

Look for all photos from the event on the Delaware 4-H Flickr site