Flagstaff High School students senior Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, front left, senior Zane Shiffer, 17, center, junior Dennis Parra, 17, front right, junior Kyle Crowe, 16, back left, and junior Maximillian Stam, 17, back right, stand together inside the FHS kitchens on Tuesday afternoon. The team of talented chefs recently won a state culinary competition and have been preparing to represent Arizona in the upcoming national competition in late April.
Kyle Crowe, 16, a junior at Flagstaff High School, reaches for cooking equipment on Tuesday while rehearsing the prepping portion of cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Team manager Dennis Parra, 17, hands out recipes and plans to the culinary team on Tuesday at FHS before they start rehearsing prepping and cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Zane Shiffer, 16, rehearses the 20-minute prepping portion of cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April on Tuesday at Flagstaff High School.
From left, Flagstaff High School culinary students Kyle Crowe, 16, Zane Shiffer, 17, Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, Maximillian Stam 17, and Dennis Parra, 17, work together to prepare a three-course Mexican-Italian fusion meal on Tuesday within the one-hour time frame and 10-feet space parameters as they practice for an upcoming national culinary competition.
Chopped onions sizzle in a pan as FHS culinary student Kyle Crowe, 16, prepares a dish on Tuesday while rehearsing cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Flagstaff High School students Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, left, and Maximillian Stam, 17, work hard to prepare dishes within the one-hour time frame and 10-foot parameters as they practice for an upcoming national culinary competition.
Flagstaff High School students senior Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, front left, senior Zane Shiffer, 17, center, junior Dennis Parra, 17, front right, junior Kyle Crowe, 16, back left, and junior Maximillian Stam, 17, back right, stand together inside the FHS kitchens on Tuesday afternoon. The team of talented chefs recently won a state culinary competition and have been preparing to represent Arizona in the upcoming national competition in late April.
Kyle Crowe, 16, a junior at Flagstaff High School, reaches for cooking equipment on Tuesday while rehearsing the prepping portion of cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Flagstaff High School students Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, left, and Maximillian Stam, 17, work hard to prepare dishes within the one-hour time frame and 10-foot parameters as they practice for an upcoming national culinary competition.
After winning the Arizona state competition, a team of culinary students from Flagstaff High School (FHS) will be competing at the ProStart National Invitational competition in Baltimore at the end of this month.
The group is all in FHS’s culinary competition skills class, taught by Courtney Prajapati. Students need to take three different culinary classes as prerequisites, one of which includes earning a service manager's license.
Team manager Dennis Parra, 17, hands out recipes and plans to the culinary team on Tuesday at FHS before they start rehearsing prepping and cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Chopped onions sizzle in a pan as FHS culinary student Kyle Crowe, 16, prepares a dish on Tuesday while rehearsing cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April.
Zane Shiffer, 16, rehearses the 20-minute prepping portion of cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in late April on Tuesday at Flagstaff High School.
From left, Flagstaff High School culinary students Kyle Crowe, 16, Zane Shiffer, 17, Jennifer Catalan Aguirre, 17, Maximillian Stam 17, and Dennis Parra, 17, work together to prepare a three-course Mexican-Italian fusion meal on Tuesday within the one-hour time frame and 10-feet space parameters as they practice for an upcoming national culinary competition.
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