A well-equipped and well-prepped bunch of teen chefs donned gloves and rolled up sleeves Saturday for the Third Annual Clark County High School Culinary Competition, which took place at Battle Ground High School.
Six four-student teams from Battle Ground, Prairie, Camas, Washougal and Woodland high schools participated.
The contest was sponsored by Sodexo, the food service contractor for those schools.
For weeks, the culinary students and teachers had cooked up what they hoped would be a winning main dish recipe, prepared from scratch in a little under three hours Saturday in the BGHS kitchen.
To add some drama, Sodexo provided each team a variety of ingredients with which they crafted a side salad.
Once official judges — and fortunate onlookers who lent their taste buds — weighed in, the Washougal High team taught by instructor Mary White was voted the winner, earning “best overall” and “best taste” honors.
