Future Chefs Culinary Competition
Future Chefs
Future Chefs is an annual cooking contest for students in grades 1-5 sponsored by Nutrition Services and Sodexo. Details for the contest are usually shared in December/January.
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Five talented elementary students from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) schools competed in the Future Chef Competition on March 4. Selected from more than 60 submissions, these young chefs teamed up with mentors from LWSD Nutrition Services, operated by Sodexo, to create recipes that reflected their personality, culture and creativity.
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Five elementary school students in Lake Washington School District used their culinary skills to cook their favorite recipe for the 2025 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge. Now in its fifteenth year, Future Chefs was designed to get students thinking about making healthy food choices while encouraging them to be active and creative in the kitchen.
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Five elementary students from LWSD schools participated in the Future Chefs Culinary Competition on February 29. The students were picked from nearly 200 submissions.