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Bell County Food Challenge & Food Show<\/h2>\n

When:\u00a0 Monday, November 10, 2025<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Bell County Extension Office<\/p>\n

Time:\u00a0 check your emails if you signed up!<\/p>\n

Entry Forms Due:\u00a0 Monday, October 27, 2025.\u00a0Please complete and return to sheryl.long@ag.tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

2025 Entry Form (Word)<\/a><\/p>\n

2025 Entry Form (Fillable PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

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District 8 Food Challenge & Food Show<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Event Information<\/h3>\n

Food Show\/Food Challenge Schedule<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cost<\/strong>: $12 per student per event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, December 4, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Cadence Bank Center (formerly Bell County Expo Center)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Registration:<\/strong>\u00a0October 27-November 14, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waiver (completed in 4-H Online):\u00a0Waiver<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Location<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cadence Bank Center (formerly Bell County Expo Center)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
301 W Loop 121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belton, TX 76513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Rules & Guidelines and Forms<\/h3>\n

Both Contests-Rules & Forms
\nTentative Schedule ( Coming soon!!)<\/p>\n

Detailed Schedule<\/p>\n

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Both Contests-Rules & Forms<\/a><\/p>\n

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Food Show<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Food Show allows participants to prepare a recipe at home and bring the day of the contest. Participants present the prepared dish to a panel of judges with a presentation and interview to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have gained in their Food & Nutrition project.<\/p>\n

We will have THREE age divisions for Food Show: Junior, Intermediate, and Seniors.\u00a0 Read the guidelines for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n

The theme for the 2024 and 2025 state contest will be: \u00a0Cooking Through the Decades… Take a trip back in time and explore different dishes that were popular in years past! Some of our most favorite recipes and dishes were made popular in a different decade than we live in today. <\/em><\/h4>\n

Food Show<\/strong>
\nRules & Guidelines & All Forms<\/a>
\n<\/a>Sample Questions<\/a>
\n<\/a>Recipe Submission Checklist<\/a>
\n<\/a>Texas 4-H Food Show Rules & Guidelines<\/a>
\n<\/a>Texas 4-H Food & Nutrition Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

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Food Challenge <\/strong><\/h3>\n

More than 120,000 youth participate in the 4-H Food & Nutrition Project, learning how to prepare nutritious and safe meals and snacks and adopt behaviors that can help reduce their risk for chronic disease. The 4-H Food Chal\u00adlenge is a \u201chighly charged\u201d foods experience. This contest, modeled after such competitions as the Food Network\u2019s \u201cIron Chef,\u201d challenges teams of 4-H members to create a dish using only a pre\u00addetermined number of ingredients. From these ingredients, team members must identify and prepare the dish, then make a presentation about it to the judges. The presentation will include information about the serving size, nutritional value, and cost of the dish. The 4-H Food Challenge allows 4-H members to demonstrate their culinary and food safety skills to judges and observers.<\/p>\n

At the Food Challenge, teams of 3-4 students receive a list of ingredients and have 40 minutes to create a dish. The teams then present their dish to judges and are scored on preparation, serving size, food safety concerns, nutritional value and cost. Students qualify at the county and district level to compete at the state contest. Review all the rules in the Food Challenge Manual.<\/p>\n

We will have THREE age divisions for Food Challenge: Junior, Intermediate, and Seniors.\u00a0 Read the guidelines for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n

Juniors may move up to the Intermediate age division when participating on a team that has a true Intermediates (based upon grades listed above) on it. No one may move up to the Senior age division.\u00a0 NO individual may move down to a younger age division.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Food Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rules & Guidelines & All Forms<\/a>
\nAll Age Divisions Preparation Scorecard<\/a>
\nTexas 4-H Food Challenge Manual<\/a><\/p>\n

Texas 4-H Food & Nutrition Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

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Food Challenge – Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n