The Texas 4-H Food Challenge contest is one of the most popular contests in the 4-H program and this year it is getting a facelift! Changes have been made to the contest for several reasons:
- To reflect consistency with other state and national contests.
- To reflect comments and suggestions from agents, 4-H members, and coaches.
- To reflect easier to use resources for our youth.
- To reflect the need to continuously evaluate the success of our programs!
This contest, modeled after such competitions as the Food Network’s “Iron Chef,” challenges teams of 4-H members to create a dish using only a predetermined 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.
Each team will have at least three and no more than four members.
Contest Resources:
Contests resources have changed! Resources which will now be used for the contest include the following: