Tennessee Junior Chef Wins During Competition Held at Nashville State

3.12.24

For the second year in a row, the Randy Rayburn School of Culinary Arts at Nashville State’s Southeast campus held the Tennessee Junior Chef Competition organized by the Tennessee Department of Education’s School Nutrition program.For the second year in a row, the Randy Rayburn School of Culinary Arts at Nashville State’s Southeast campus held the Tennessee Junior Chef Competition organized by the Tennessee Department of Education’s School Nutrition program.

Student chefs from three Middle Tennessee high schools competed for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

 

  • East Hickman High School
  • DeKalb County High School
  • Warren County High School

They each demonstrated excellence in Culinary Arts to create an outstanding national school lunch program recipe using Tennessee agricultural products.

Serving as judges were:

  • Jamika Pessoa, celebrity chef, and instructor, Randy Rayburn School of Culinary Arts at Nashville State
  • Jennefer Smart, chef, Tennessee Department of Education
  • Chance Smith, private chef and owner, Peace, Love, Grub
  • Ryan Yarnell, chef, Metro Nashville Public Schools

The first-place winner from Warren County advances to the Southeast Junior Chef Competition held at Nashville State in early May.The first-place winner from Warren County advanced to the Southeast Junior Chef Competition held at Nashville State in early May.

Teams from the following states will be competing:

  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee

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PartnershipsHigh School InitiativesSoutheast CampusBusiness & Professional Studies