Courtesy News 13: Hundreds of culinary and hospitality students from across Orange County Public Schools gathered at Orlando World Center Marriott to show off their culinary and hospitality skills in front of industry experts. #OCPSCulinaryComp
Winners were:
Hospitality Competitions
Guest Services Case Study
- 1st Place – Osceola High School, Veronica King, Kate Diaz, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jose DeJesus
- 2nd Place – Windermere High School, Nicholas Irvine, Summer Hornburg, Jasmine Rhoden, Warren Southerland
- 3rd Place – Winter Park High School, Hayley Champion, Lauren Staudt, Laura Leigh Cash
Hospitality Event Project
- 1st Place – Freedom High School, Megan Serrano, Jean Rojas, Annika Swayze, Heart Vergara
- 2nd Place – Osceola High School, Veronica King, Kate Diaz, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jose DeJesus
- 3rd Place – Winter Park, Hayley Champion, Lauren Staudt, Laura Leigh Cash
Hospitality Overall
- 1st Place – Osceola High School, Veronica King, Kate Diaz, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jose DeJesus
- 2nd Place – Winter Park High School, Hayley Champion, Lauren Staudt, Laura Leigh Cash
- 3rd Place – Windermere High School, Nicholas Irvine, Summer Hornburg, Jasmine Rhoden, Warren Southerland
Quiz Cup
- 1st Place – Orange Technical College Mid Florida, Milena Maldonado, Kimberly Santuchi, Taslima Yesmin
- 2nd Place – Osceola High School, Shaula Marquez, Ashley Barger, Nate Marlow, Mario Harris
Marketing Campaign
- 1st Place – Windermere High School, Ryian Rasool, Reagan Maloney, Alexandra Morse, Sebistation Enamorado
- 2nd Place – Colonial High School, Brittany White, Sarah Wiegand, Arianna Carreras
- 3rd Place – Orange Technical College Mid Florida, Salvador Rosas, Noah McKell, Kyla Vazquez, Jason Antunez
Decorative Centerpiece
- 1st Place – Gateway School, Taylor Cooper, Nathaniel Adams, Claudia Assunto, Nyiema Smith, Loren Wilkerson
- 2nd Place – Freedom High School, Emily Goe
- 3rd Place – Windermere High School, Adrianna Romero, Hannah Oestreich, Emma Lack, Patrick Bravo Zhang
Culinary Competitions
Edible Centerpiece
- 1st Place – Wekiva High School, Jamiah Couvoisier
- 2nd Place – Orange Technical College Mid Florida – Guerdine Petit
- 3rd Place – Orange Technical College Mid Florida – Miguel Diaz
Waiters Relay
- 1st Place – Colonial High School Team 1, Savanna Figueroa, Saskia Nyala, Leslie Coomano
- 2nd Place – Orange Technical College Westside, Vanthkia St. Vil, Adrianna DeJesus, Sloan Wagstaff
- 3rd Place – Colonial High School Team 2, Shelsy Maldonado, Ivaneth Febres Soler, Jackqualynn Dietrick
Knife Skills
- 1st Place – Colonial High School, Reneiro Irizarry
- 2nd Place – Orange Technical College Westside, Shermyra Harp
- 3rd Place – Orange Technical College Mid Florida, Argelies Grant
Dessert – High School
- 1st Place – Wekiva High School, Kate Campopiano
- 2nd Place – Winter Park High School, Elizabeth Cricher, Daniel Kirsheman
- 3rd Place – Colonial High School, Sophia Jorge, Laauren Arak
Dessert – Orange Technical College
- 1st Place – OTC Mid Florida at Cypress Creek High School, Madeline Zayas, Kiani Vinales
- 2nd Place – OTC Winter Park at University High School, Michelle Osorio, Jeiver Estrada
- 3rd Place – OTC Winter Park at University High School, Mya Luong, Jazmine Liriano
Gourmet – Meal High School
- 1st Place – Winter Park, Elonie Torres, Jomar Alvarez, Jerriya Marie Griffin
- 2nd Place – Freedom, Alexie Vergara, Lens Mathurin, Isamar Figueroa
- 3rd Place – Colonial, Kiara Ortex, Jhustin Mariano, Stephanee Garcia
Gourmet – Orange Technical College
- 1st Place – Westside at Ocoee High School, Daniel Carapia, Hailee Doyno, Tiara Peterson
- 2nd Place – Mid Florida, Ayanna Watley, Merdina Jeudy
- 3rd Place – Westside at Ocoee, Kehinde (Tobe) Adebimpe, Valery Agustin, Adriana Torres
ProStart Prep
- 1st Place – Wekiva High School, Trevor Mills, Austin Boyd, Clay Reeves, Karia Baez, Zakeya Hill
- 2nd Place – Freedom High School, Ivan Caro Cruz, Barbara Lombardi, Justin Boyd, Patricia Perez, Natalia Piedrahita