Students advance to national competition

Students from the Lorain County JVS Culinary Academy recently participated in the state competition of Family Career & Community Leaders of America. Eleven students will be advancing to the national competition in July.

Listed is each student who participated. The names of winners are marked with an astrict.

AMHERST

Madisyn Bollon (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Pastry Tray Event

Mackenzie Duta (Culinary Arts) placed third in the Sports Nutrition Event

Angela LaRosa (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Garde Manger Event

Hannah Moore (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Career Investigation Event and first in the Garde Manger Event*

Haley Myers (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Creative Cake Event

Andrew Shaffer (Culinary Arts) placed third in the Culinary Team Event

AVON

Sean Murphy (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Event*

Jack Wagner (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Culinary Team Event and first in the Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Event*

AVON LAKE

Erik Kniep (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Applied Culinary Math Event*

BROOKSIDE

Kailey Kudela (Culinary Arts) placed second in the Product Development Event

Ariah Rhymes (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a silver medal in the Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Event

Christian Stenzel (Culinary Arts) received a gold medal in the Career Investigation Event

CLEARVIEW

Xavier Speckhart (Culinary Arts) placed third in the Culinary Team Event

ELYRIA

Zarriah Bobbit (Culinary Arts) placed second in the Product Development Event

Alaya Hill (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Creative Cake Event

Armonni Nixon (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Culinary Team Event*

Brandon Swain (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a silver medal in the Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Event

Cheyenne Thacker (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Culinary Team Event and placed second in the Applied Culinary Math Event*

MIDVIEW

Brandon Kilgore (Culinary Arts) received a gold medal in the Job Interview Event

Justine Ratusz (Culinary Arts) placed second in the Food Innovation Event*

Rebecca Rhodehammel (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Entrepreneurship Event*

NORTH RIDGEVILLE

CJ Howard (Culinary Arts) received a gold medal in the Website Design Event and placed third in the Culinary Team Event*

Andrew Ripley (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Sports Nutrition Event*

WELLINGTON

Alicia Davis (Bakery & Pastry Arts) received a gold medal in the Garde Manger Event

Hannah Staffeld (Culinary Arts) placed third in the Food Innovations Event

OHIO VIRTUAL ACADEMY

Julia Spondike (Culinary Arts) placed first in the Culinary Team Event and second in the Career Investigation Event*

SUBMITTED Senior culinary team advancing to national competition, from left, Cheyenne Thacker, Julia Spondike, Armonni Nixon and Jack Wagner.