Chopped Culinary Competition

Students prepping and chopping their entrées during the culinary competition.

The Golden Triangle Chopped Competition and Culinary Knowledge event was coordinated through the East Mississippi Community College Culinary Arts program under the direction of Chef Jakiero Dismuke. High school students from West Point Career and Tech Center, Mill- saps Career and Technology Center, McKellar Technology Center and the Lowndes County Career and Technical Center participated in this cooking competition and quiz bowl that took place at the Lion Hills Center and Golf Course. Students competed in timed cooking events at the

Lion Hills Center Annex, as well as a culinary knowledge quiz bowl at the Lion Hills Center. In the cooking portion of the contest, students were tasked with creating an appetizer, entrée and dessert. They were also given ingredients which had to be included in the dishes they cooked.