OCTC Students head to Kentucky State Fair for Farm to School JR. CHEF Competition
Owensboro, KY (08/16/2019) — Two OCTC students, Kara and Gabe McFadyen, will compete in the Farm to School Junior Chef competition next week at the Kentucky State Fair. This dynamic duo are brother and sister who are completing their last two of high school years at OCTC, both pursuing Associate in Applied Science degrees in Engineering and Electrical Technology. Dubbed Garden of Eatin', this Region 3 team from Morgantown, in Butler County will be serving their locally famous white chicken chili which has a secret ingredient.
"The original recipe came from Mrs. Linda McQuady who we go to church with at Green River Baptist Church. We discovered that this is an all-time favorite when we participated as members of the live cast for the drive through Christmas Scenes. We kick it up a notch with something special from our own HoneyBunny Gardens," says Kara McFadyen.
Team Coach, Kaitlin Harrison, and Team Supervisor, Tracy Thornton, are excited to be a part of this state wide cooking competition designed to offer youth the opportunity to learn valuable skills in recipe development, food preparation, marketing, public presentation, organization, teamwork and community involvement. Additionally, the program stimulates interest in local agriculture, creates a nontraditional market for Kentucky producers, increases quality of products available to school cafeterias, and ultimately increases consumption of produce by Kentucky's students.
The team is sponsored by Main Street Collections in Morgantown, along with their grandparents, Ernie and Louise Koestner.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is committed to bringing fresh, high-quality Kentucky Proud products to Kentucky's school systems. This will enable students to grow in to strong, healthy young men and women who understand the importance of buying local while helping Kentucky farmers find new markets for their products. The Farm to School Junior Chef program began in 2013. The competition opens with district tournaments, followed by regionals and culminates with the state tournament.
The McFadyen's are slated to compete on Tuesday, August 20 at 11 AM.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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