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Culinary Team Wins Thirteenth State Title

Members of the state championship culinary team from A-B Tech are from left, Michael Aanonsen, Anna McClintock, Travis McCloud, Steven Goff and Shannon Ginn.

A-B Tech's student culinary team won first place in the American Culinary Federation's (ACF) N.C. State Student Hot Food Competition Jan. 10 at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. A team from A-B Tech has won the state competition every year since 1996, except for 2002 when the College did not have a team.

Chefs John Hofland, Charles deVries and Michelle Kelley coached team members Michael Aanonsen, Anna McClintock, Travis McCloud, Steven Goff and Shannon Ginn. They will advance to the Southeast Regional competition April 18-20 in Charlotte with a chance to go to national competition. A-B Tech's 2007 culinary team took national honors in Orlando, Fla.

"We are extremely pleased with the results. Four of our team members returned from last year and they worked very hard this last semester," deVries said. "The caliber of the other teams made for a tight competition."

The students competed against teams from the Art Institute of Charlotte, Johnson & Wales and Wake Tech, preparing a four-course meal in one and a half hours. Two certified executive chefs and one certified master chef served as judges, scoring students on taste, presentation, timeliness, and accuracy.

"The judges were incredible with the openness of their critiques to make this a remarkable learning experience for all the competitors," deVries said.

The A-B Tech team prepared paupiettes de sole a la Trouvillaise for its appetizer and the salad was mixed greens with pine nut encrusted Brie and tomato jam. The entrée consisted of roast pork tenderloin, tourneed potatoes and Swiss chard with apple brandy demi-glace. Topping off the meal was a dessert of hazelnut cream with blood orange and lemon sauces.

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