ProStart Competition
March 25 + 26, 2012 | Sacramento Convention Center
The California ProStart Cup is an electrifying event that puts high school culinary and hospitality management students to the ultimate test.
Details
- The two-day competition is divided into two events: the Boyds Coffee Culinary Cup and the BJ’s Restaurants Management Cup.
- Culinary competition contestants prepare three courses in one hour using only two butane burners.
- Management teams develop and pitch a business proposal for a new restaurant concept, including a supporting menu, a marketing plan and a detailed design.
- In 2011, the event drew more than 150 talented high school students from 22 ProStart high schools across California who represent the future of the state’s restaurant and foodservice industry.
- Participants in both events engage in a battle of skill and knowledge, with points awarded on specific criteria, such as proper cooking procedures, safety and sanitation, presentation, product taste and teamwork.
- More than 40 industry experts serve as judges.
- First-, second- and third-place teams also qualify for scholarships to various culinary and hospitality post-secondary programs.
- Winning teams represent California and advance to the 2012 National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore April 27 to 29.
- The California teams swept the 2011 National ProStart Invitational, taking first place in both competitions.
CRAEF would like to thank the generous sponsors that make this event possible.
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In-kind
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