On January 25, middle school students across LWSD battled it out in the kitchen as they competed for culinary supremacy. Twenty-six teams were given a recipe for fried rice with only 45 minutes to prepare the dish. Teams were judged on how well they followed the recipe, knife skills, sanitation and overall cooking. Congrats to the following winners!

First place: first round

• Jasmine Zhen, International Middle School
• Lexi Sevigny, Evergreen Middle School

First place: second round

• Sanaa Shakoor, Inglewood Middle School
• Maya Shah, Inglewood Middle School