Youth Applicants Sought for 2013 Iron Chef Jr. Competition (9/21/13)

Announcement:

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2013 Iron Chef Jr. Competition
Saturday, September 21, 2:00-4:30pm
at Southside Community Center, 305 Plain Street, Ithaca

Youth aged 9 to 18 are invited to take part in the 2013 Iron Chef Jr. Competition to be held on Saturday, September 21 at 2:00pm at the Southside Community Center at 305 Plain Street in Ithaca's historic Southside neighborhood. 

Co-hosted by Gardens 4 Humanity and GreenStar Community Projects, the Jr. Iron Chef demonstration is designed to bring food-inspired youth together with local chefs to prepare healthy local eats and create a fun skill-building experience for youth and community alike. The event also exemplifies Gardens 4 Humanity's important work in the realm of Food Justice. 

The cook-off will feature four local celebrity chefs each with a team of youth demonstrating the art of cooking healthy food based on local ingredients. Each team will create an hors d'oeuvre, side dish or a main entrée and will have one hour in which to complete this task. More information about the event can be found online at http://ccetompkins.org/ironchef .  

Youth who wish to participate must submit an application and be able to attend a team building event at Cooperative Extension on either September 12^th OR 18^th at 6PM, in addition to competing in the event on Saturday, September 21st. Application forms will be available by Friday, Sept. 6 at Southside Community Center, Greater Ithaca Activities Center, New Roots School, Lehman Alternative Community School, and are now online at: http://ccetompkins.org/ironchef. Approximately 25 youth will be selected from applications received. 

The 2013 Iron Chef Jr. Competition is sponsored by Gardens 4 Humanity (G4H), a community-based urban gardening and food justice education program that is part of the Whole Community Project at Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension. The cook-off will be held in conjunction with The Food Justice Summit, Walkathon & Street Fair sponsored by Greenstar Community Projects and other local partners. 

Read an article about the 2012 Iron Chef Junior Competition online at: http://ccetompkins.org/sites/all/files/63/junior-iron-chef-optimizedf.pdf . For more information about the 2013 Iron Chef Jr. Competition, contact Josh Dolan at (607) 280-8498 cel or sapsquatch7@gmail.com.