MOST OF US
HAVE SEEN
THOSE SHOWS
ON THE FOOD
CHANNEL --
WHERE CHEFS
RACE THE
CLOCK AND
EACH OTHER
TO CRANK OUT A
MEAL....
JOHN CHAPMAN
WAS AT A
COMPETITION
TODAY -- ON THE
METRO CAMPUS
-- THAT PUT
YOUNG AMATEUR
CHEFS TO THE
TEST RIGHT
HERE IN OMAHA.
JOHN CHAPMAN:
MORE THAN 120
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS
REPRESENTING 17
NEBRASKA AND
IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS
ARE HERE ON THE
METRO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CAMPUS
ALL JAMMED
INTO ONE BIG
COMPETITION
AREA, THE HIGH
SCHOOL CHEFS
HAVE ONE HOUR
TO PREPARE A
THREE COURSE
MEAL.
THIS IS THE
TEAM FROM
FREMONT HIGH
SCHOOL,
THESE
STUDENTS WILL
TELL YOU THE
PRESSURE IN
THIS
COMPETITION IS
INTENSE.
MORGAN
CLARKE/FREMONT
HIGH: IT WAS
STRESSFUL AND I
HAD A LOT TO DO, I
WAS UNDER A LOT
OF PRESSURE
CORBIN
SMITH/FREMONT
HIGH SCHOOL: THE
PAST ENTIRE WEEK
OF PACTICE WE'VE
PRETTY MUCH DONE
NOTHING BUT GET
YELLED AT BECAUSE
MRS BERNS WAS
JUST AS STRESSED
OUT AS WE WERE
THE STUDENTS
LEARN THAT
SOMETIMES
THINGS DON'T GO
AS PLANNED.
ANNA
GARCIA/FREMONT
HIGH SCHOOL: OUR
COOKIES BURNT SO
WE HAD TO
IMPROVISE SO WE
HAD TO DO THEM ON
A PAN INSTEAD OF IN
THE OVEN
THE OVEN DECIDED
TO LIGHT ON FIRE
AND THE CABBAGE
BURNED
DESPITE THESE
SETBACKS THE
STUDENTS KNOW
THERE ARE MANY
OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE GROWING
FIELD OF
CULINARY ARTS
BETH
AUGUSTYN/
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNNITY
COLLEGE: THERES A
TREMOUDOUS NEED
OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THERE
ARE CHEFS THAT
WORK EVERYWHERE
FROM EDUCATITION
TO HSOPTIALS TO
THE INDEPANDANT
RESTRAUNTS TO
CORRECTIOANL
FACIOLITES SO
THERES A HUGHE
NEED FOR
CULINARIANS IN THE
COMMUNITY
SOME OF THE
STUDENTS DO
THIS FOR FUN
OTHERS PLAN
TO MAKE THIS A
CAREER.
I WANT TO OPEN A
RESTRAUNT THAT
PEOPLE CAN COME
INTO THE CAN HAVE
MEAL AND THE CAN
SIT DOWN AND PLAY
VIDEO GAMES
AUSTIN
SOKOLOVSKY/
FREMONT HIGH
SCHOOL: THE
REASON I WANT TO
DO IT FOR A LIVING
IS BECAUSE I LIKE
SEEING PEOPLES
REACTION WHEN
THEY TASTE
SOMETHING THATS
REALLY GOOD AND
THEY'VE NEVER
TRIED IT BEFORE IN
THEIR LIFE
THIS EVENT
ALSO
SHOWCASES THE
CULINARY ARTS
AND HOSPITALITY
PROGRAM AT
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE,
THEY HOPE TO
PREPARE SOME
OF THESE
STUDENTS FOR
CAREERS IN THE
FOOD AND
HOSPITILITY
INDUSTRY.
WITH
PHOTOGRAPHER
MIKE PLEWS
JOHN CHAPMAN
WOWT SIX NEWS.
THIS IS THE -
TENTH- YEAR
FOR THE "HIGH
SCHOOL
CULINARY
INVITATIONAL" AT
METROPOLITAN
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
