Chaselan Eames, 16, and Warneiseya Davis,18, of West Feliciana High School demonstrate their cooking talents at the ProStart Culinary Competition on Tuesday at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. Photo: Advocate/John McCuskerJ
Students from 17 Louisiana high schools, including schools in Acadia and Vermilion parishes, came to the Pontchartrain Center on Tuesday to compete for more than $870,000 in scholarships to be awarded Wednesday to the top three teams in the Louisiana Seafood ProStart Student Competition sponsored by the Louisiana Restaurant Association.
Deniyia Bernard, of Rayne High School, said the time limit presented the biggest challenge, even with having practiced the pan-fried Oysters Rockefeller, Voodoo pork tenderloin, and king cake bon bons “hundreds of times.”
As she watched other students compete, Bernard said she was nervous, but felt her team did well. She said she was anxious to get to the next day’s critiques and final results.
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