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Cape High culinary students receive congrats at Legislative Hall

Alyssa Ling and Jasmine Mayo compete in management category
May 21, 2018

Two students from Cape Henlopen High School visited Legislative Hall May 8 to receive kudos for their efforts in the 2018 National ProStart Student Invitational.

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation sponsors the event that it describes as the "country's premier secondary school competition focused on restaurant management and culinary arts." Nearly 400 competitors put their skills to the test to potentially earn culinary and restaurant management program scholarships.

The Cape students, Alyssa Ling and Jasmine Mayo, competed as a team in the management category. Jennifer Cornell, a family consumer sciences instructor at Cape, said their concept was a food truck serving Japanese, Mediterranean and Mexican food. "They get 12 food items on their menu," she said. "They have to figure out the cost, and what the menu price would be, their concept, and what it would look like – it's a lot of work."

Ling and Mayo had to pitch their idea to judges, with separate judges evaluating different aspects of the proposed business. This year's event was held April 27-29 in Providence, R.I.

The Cape students were joined by a team from Dover High School that represented Delaware in the culinary aspect of the competition. Together the youths met with legislators, were praised in the House of Representatives chamber, and were greeted by Gov. John Carney in his capitol office.

State Rep. Steve Smyk, R-Milton-Lewes; Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown; and Rep. Ron Gray, R-Selbyville, accompanied the teams to meet with the governor. Each of the Sussex County legislators expressed their admiration for the students' accomplishments, their passion, and their exemplary service in representing Delaware in the national contest.

 

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