The 2023 4-H District 5 Food Challenge was held on Friday, February 24 at the John D. Windham Civic Center in Center. “Today in Shelby County we have 22 counties represented that have 54 teams and 199 kids participating in our annual food challenge,” said District 5 4H Specialist, Dr. Jheri-Lynn McSwain.
“The kids have 40 minutes to prepare a dish using a key ingredient. Then they have a presentation where they work with their team to present to the judges things like nutrition, calories, the serving size and so forth,” she said.
After the all day event, results and winners are listed as following;
Junior Side Dish Category
1st place - Girl Power, Shelby County
Junior Appetizer Category
1st place - Chaos Cookers, Henderson County
2nd place - The Brunch Boys, Gregg County
3rd place - Team Awesome, Panola County
Junior Main Dish Category
1st place - Macaroni’s, Angelina County
2nd place - Meal Masters, Harrison County
3rd place - Country Cooking, Smith County
Junior Side Dish Category
1st place - Girl Power, Shelby County
2nd place - Upshur County Ratatouilles, Upshur County
3rd place - Clover Girls, Nacogdoches County
Junior Healthy Dessert Category
1st place - Cook Up, Nacogdoches County
2nd place - Chefs 227, Gregg County
3rd place - Rusk County Crazy Cookers, Rusk County
Intermediate Appetizer Category
1st place - Purple Beans, Panola County
Intermediate Appetizer Category
1st place - Purple Beans, Panola County
2nd place - Mixed Up, Nacogdoches County
3rd place - Jasper County Cookies, Jasper County
Intermediate Main Dish Category
1st place - Team Cuisine, Nacogdoches
2nd place - Rusk County Chopping Champions, Rusk County
3rd place - The Kitchen Warrior, Angelina County
Intermediate Side Dish Category
1st place - Slicin’ Dicin’ Chefs, Gregg County
2nd place - Dicing Divas, Upshur County
3rd place -Super Sonic Slicers, Rusk County
Intermediate Healthy Dessert Category
1st place - Burger Besties, Gregg County
2nd place - Impastas, Angelina County
3rd place - The Bell Preppers, Wood County
Senior Age Division (14 Teams)
Senior Main Dish Category
1st place - Upshur County Slicing Sleuths
Senior Appetizer Category
1st place - Kernel Corn, Gregg County (Advanced to Texas 4-H Rounding)
2nd place - Kingdom Kulinarians, Smith County
3rd place - The Flabber Doobs, Anderson County
Senior Main Dish Category
1st place - Upshur County Slicing Sleuths, Upshur County (Advanced to Texas 4-H Rounding)
2nd place - The Four Cookatiers, Angelina County
3rd place - The Impastas, Nacogdoches County
Senior Side Dish Category
1st place - E-Lemon-Ators, Wood County (Advanced to Texas 4-H Rounding)
2nd place - Chop It Like It’s Hot, Nacogdoches County
3rd place - Power Puffs, Angelina County
Senior Healthy Dessert Category
1st place - Cuixine Masters, Rusk County (Advanced to Texas 4-H Rounding)
2nd place - The Glow Girls, Angelina County
3rd place - Queen Bee, Cherokee County