Budding Future Chefs

A fun event I recently photographed and wrote about for the Williamson County Sun  was the 3rd Annual Future Chef’s Healthy Salad Challenge, bringing together  13 elementary school kids from the Georgetown Independent School District in the spacious kitchen at East View High School.   The contestants, from 3rd through 5th grade, spent an hour in the kitchen creating their masterpieces.   The finished products were then critiqued by a panel of six judges.   At the end of the day, Williams Elementary School 4th grader Sierra Williams (she’s the final photo) came away the top chef for her mango ground beef wedge.   Everything was nifty though.  I particularly liked the looks of the Southwest Salad in a Jar concocted by McCoy Elementary School 5th grader Callie Guess.  Sierra came away with about $400 in culinary utensils.   She’s an avid Food Network regular.   Here’s hoping there’s some nifty stuff in her culinary future!