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Guest chef and district nutrition staff joined student judges at cook-off
Summary
Richard Fuentes introduced a judging panel that included district nutrition staff, a guest chef and student judges; the guest chef was identified as Mark Pavlovich, a former Le Cordon Bleu instructor and Chopped season 3 winner.
Richard Fuentes introduced the judges for the event, naming Ben Calderone from Child Nutrition and guest chef Mark Pavlovich, a former Le Cordon Bleu instructor and a Chopped season 3 winner. Student judges from each participating school also took part in tasting and scoring.
The judge who announced the winner explained deliberations focused on taste and whether the recipe could be produced at scale across school sites. "What it came down to really is our ability to really mass produce it at the, top quality for all the school sites," the judge said when explaining the final choice. The presence of a guest chef offered students exposure to professional culinary perspectives during the scoring.
Student judges — named on stage by staff — provided school-level feedback during scoring, and district nutrition staff set up the site and managed food-service logistics for the event.
