PORT ANGELES — Twenty Port Angeles elementary school students will prepare their own healthy salad recipes in a districtwide competition from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, March 15.
The students will compete at the Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave.
They were chosen for the district finals for Sodexo’s Future Chefs: Healthy Salad Challenge from 42 students who submitted recipes.
The Port Angeles students are joining more than 1,750 others at 943 Sodexo-served school sites in 28 states nationally in the challenge.
Presentation
Finalists will prepare and present their creations before being assessed on criteria including originality, taste, presentation, kid-friendliness and use of healthy ingredients.
Winning students from each participating district will be considered for 27 regional finalist awards.
Regional finalists will be narrowed down to five national finalists who will compete for public votes for recipes on a Future Chefs YouTube channel.
The national program, which is in its third year, is hosted by Sodexo, an independent food contractor for public schools.
It was created to get students thinking about making healthy food choices in life while also encouraging them to get active and creative in the kitchen, according to the school district.
Finalists
Finalists who will compete next Friday are:
■ Dry Creek Elementary: Nat Mcinnis, Chopped Salad with Bacon and Fried Garbanzo Beans; Haley Blevins, Rainbow Chicken Salad; Delaney Wenzl, Broccoli Salad; Kaya Reynolds, Chicken Chinese Salad.
■ Franklin Elementary: Alisandra Baccus, Delicious Caribbean Salad; Camille Stensgard, Super Salad; Ella Holland, Rainbow Pearl Couscous Salad; Jada Brisbois, Raspberry Delite.
■ Hamilton Elementary: Mariah Jensen, Celebration Salad; Alex Delgado, Salad Supreme; Myra Walker, Italian Salad; Jaden Gadbaw, The Heffalump Salad.
■ Jefferson Elementary: Jordan Abbott, Rosemary Chicken Salad with Pineapple Mango Salsa; Rylan MacDonald, Fun and Fabulous Forkless Salad; Katelyn Sheldon, Katelyn’s Green Salad; Emily Balser, Fresh Fruit Salad.
■ Roosevelt Elementary: Alexus Yeater, Tangy Turkey Salad; Kaysey Kathleen Roberts, Strawberry Cucumber Boat Salad; Breanna Schafer, Mama’s Caribbean Island Salad; Lydia Sandberg, Lydia’s Taco Salad.
