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Show V - -I "r. ' " "7 7 L- . f v. 1 W A j' .'. '- 1 v - " - -if i mi i i irwrm 1 1 " i M "It Smells Really Good in Here" Those representing the eighth grade group, in no particular order, or-der, were Rylan Jardine, Savannah Weidauer, Jennifer Sperry, and Brooklyn Bodily. ' Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times The game was on Friday, December 10, at Pleasant Grove Junior High School for the finals of the Viking Iron Chef Competition. Those representing the eighth grade were Rylan Jar-dine, Jar-dine, Savannah Weidauer, Jennifer Sperry, and Brooklyn Brook-lyn Bodily. The ninth grade team consisted of Allan Minter, Sabrina Saini, and Tiffany Forte. Both teams competed against the administration, ad-ministration, Principal Brian Jolley, and Assistant Principals Princi-pals Steven Camp and Kevin Thomas. Each team had 15 minutes min-utes to prepare a healthy snack using the secret ingre dient spinach and each appeared ap-peared calm as they worked together to make their creations. cre-ations. When time was called, each team had to present their food item to the judges. judg-es. The administration was asked if they wanted to sing as part of their presentation. They declined by stating, "We want you to enjoy your meal." The eighth grade team made a sub sandwich which consisted of ham, bacon, Swiss cheese, fresh spinach and a spinach sauce made up of spinach, sour cream and pepper, served on a toasted bun. They found a recipe . H 1 I r on line and then they added their own touch. The ninth grade team chose to make mini cal zones with homemade whole wheat tortillas, which was Allan's own idea. Each cal zone was filled with ham, bacon, spinach, tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepper jack, and cheddar cheese. The administration presented pre-sented their creation TJC (Thomas, Jolley, Camp) Healthy Holiday Spread, which was a spinach dip with bread on the side. Mr. Camp researched their recipe reci-pe on the Internet. Principal Jolley admitted, admit-ted, "We were very nervous because we understand that students are much smarter than we are." He told of how excited they were, as an administration, ad-ministration, to interact with the kids to let them know that they are human beings who enjoy themselves and have fun. Even the administration learned that artichoke hearts come in a can. "You learn something new every day," stated Foods Teacher Jean Manuela. The judges for the event were Rochelle Manuela, Jean's daughter, Miss Kristin Kris-tin Parson, who teaches Geography, Ge-ography, and Angela Walker with the newspaper Timpanogos Timpa-nogos Times. Each group was judged on taste, presentation, presen-tation, on time, creative plating, plat-ing, and creative food. After Af-ter deliberation, the eighth grade team was announced as the winners because they had the best presentation and their creativity was over the top, using the secret ingredient ingredi-ent twice. Brooklyn stated, "Baking "Bak-ing is harder than we thought it would be." Rylan thought it was hard to showcase just one food item. This was Allan's Al-lan's second time competing. compet-ing. He knew how fast to The ninth grade Viking Iron Chef team consisted of Allan Minter, Sabrina Saini, and Tiffany Forte. (In no particular order) Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times work and what needed to be done. Jean admitted that the competition totally drains her, but she loves it. "It gives them a chance to shine," she said of the students. stu-dents. Jean is proud of this year's team because they exceeded her expectations. "That is what education is," she stated. |