Perseverance is on the Menu as Connecticut and Michigan Teams Capture National Culinary and Restaurant Management Titles in Washington, D.C.
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Friday, May 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- High school teams from Plymouth Canton Educational Park in Canton, Michigan, and Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut, battled 400 fellow competitors to take home national championship titles, with the top ten teams receiving nearly $200,000 in scholarships at this week's 2023 National ProStart Invitational. The event featured a showstopping display of culinary talent and restaurant business acumen by over 90 of the country's best and brightest high school teams from 46 states. All of the students competing in the 2023 National ProStart Invitational earned their place by winning their state-level ProStart Invitational competitions.
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The National ProStart Invitational is a high-stakes competition between some of the best culinary and restaurant management students in the country. - Students on the culinary teams had 60 minutes to prepare a three course, fine dining menu, using only two butane burners and no running water.
- The management teams persuaded a panel of judges that their innovative restaurant business pitches had the chops to succeed in the real world.
- ProStart – the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's nationwide career and technical education program – has equipped 1 million high school students to-date with career-ready culinary and restaurant management skills.