JCDC Festival of Foods

Highlights of UTech Students at the 2010 JCDC Festival of Foods A team of eight students from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management entered this year’s JCDC Regional Festival of Foods Competition held on June 18, 2010 at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica. Lead by Lecturer, Simone Walker-Barrett, six 1st year Food Service Management students, one General Catering and one Baking Technology student entered the event. Categories entered included, Batters and Doughs, Desserts, Main Course, and Sponsor’s Products (Grace Earth Chef Veggie Mince and Tastee Cheese). All entries copped an award, a total of 17 awards -six gold, six silver and five bronze medals along with 2nd Best overall for use of a sponsor’s product. Below details the awards received: 1st year Food Service Management Students Lorenzo Lowton Gold Scotch Bonnet Cheese Bread Bronze Papaya Chutney Ann Hardy Gold Jackfruit Scones with Rum Soaked Raisins Bronze Jackfruit Cheesecake Akeeli Dixon Gold Jackfruit Jerk Chicken Pizza with Calaloo Sauce and Sweet Potato Crust Bronze Naseberry Cheesecake Phillipa Whitby Gold Sorrel Braised Chicken Silver Otaheiti Apple Upside-down Cake Bronze Sweet Potato Pudding Lendave Burton Gold Bacon Cheddar Loaf Gold Cassava Carrot Nut Muffin 2nd Best Overall use of Tastee Cheese Sharicka Clarke Silver Grace Earth Chef Chilli Bronze Otaheiti Apple Tart General Catering & Baking Students Janet Beckford Silver Lemongrass Spiced Pork Sausage with Coconut Turmeric Sauce Silver Caramelized Banana Bread Pudding Delareese Mills Silver Cornflake Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies Silver Plantain Surprise Sausage Lendave with Gold winning Cassava Carrot Nut Muffin Lorenzo’s Scotch Bonnet Cheese Bread won Gold Sorrel Braised Chicken by Phillipa copped Gold Sharicka Clarke won Bronze for her Ohtaheiti Apple Tart Akeeli’s creative Jackfruit Jerk Chicken Pizza with Calaloo Sauce and Sweet Potato Crust, took Gold Jackfruit Scones with Rum Soaked Raisins by Anne won Gold Akeeli being interviewed by CVM Mrs. Walker-Barrett and students General Catering Student Janet and Mrs. Walker-Barrett kidding around Jackfruit Jerk Chicken Pizza with Calaloo Sauce and Sweet Potato Crust Jackfruit Scones with Rum Soaked Raisins Grace Earth Chef Chilli with Plantain Chips Cornflake Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies by Delareese Scotch Bonnet Cheese Bread Naseberry Cheesecake Papaya Chutney Grace Earth Chef Chilli with Plantain Chips Bacon Cheese Bread