There were 24 schools competing in the following categories:
Innovation (new this year)
Culinary Arts
Management
Innovation: (PLACED 1ST – currently state competition only)
Dylan Astrup, CA&H (Culinary Arts & Hospitality)
Nico Boyadjian, Digital Media
Alec Boyadjian, CA&H
Gabby Dagdag, Digital Media
Xena Tanious, Digital Media
Awarded:
$5,000 to attend Cal Poly Pomona
Free pass to a variety of Theme Parks from Coca Cola
$4,000 to attend The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University
Culinary:
Henry Barber, CA&H
Andrew Barone, CA&H
Dakari Harris, CA&H
Paige Letson, CA&H
Mckenna Voisin, CA&H
Management: (PLACED 1ST – headed to Rhode Island to represent California at Nationals)
Nicholas Bilt, CA&H
Emily Fedorchek, CA&H
Awarded:
$5,000 to attend Cal Poly Pomona
$3,000 to attend Louisiana Culinary Institute
$6,000 to attend New England Culinary Institute
$4,000 to attend New Mexico State University School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
$2,000 renewable to attend Culinary Institute of America
$4,000 to attend The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University
$3,000 renewable to attend The international Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes
Free pass to a variety of Theme Parks from Coca Cola
All expense paid trip to Rhode Island for 5 days to compete in nationals against 50 + teams
In addition, Emily Fedorchek was awarded senior of the year and earned a $2,000 scholarship. CA&H was award $1,000 to enhance/support their ProStart efforts. Emily also won the Management Scholarship in 2017 and plans to combine the Cal State Poly award to attend.
