2021 MN State ProStart Invitational Results

ProStart State Culinary Competition Winners

• First Place: Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
• Second Place: Pillager High School
• Third Place: Elk River High School
• Fourth Place: Rogers High School

ProStart State Management Competition Winners

• First Place: Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
• Second Place: Elk River High School
• Third Place: Rogers High School
• Fourth Place: Zimmerman High School

Best Knife Skills

• Samah Tariq | Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
• Audri Gunderson | Elk River High School

Teamwork

• Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

Sanitation

• Elk River High School

Creative Secret Ingredient

• Pillager High School

Essence of Taste

• Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

Team Spirit

• Rogers High School

A BIG thank you to our 2021 MN State ProStart Invitational sponsors: Grand View Lodge, Ecolab and Sysco Minnesota.​

• Thanks to our hosts, including Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation and Hospitality Minnesota Board Member Frank Soukup, for graciously welcoming this event -- the first time in Greater Minnesota. The space and staff support were amazing!​
• Thanks to Ecolab, our HM Strategic Partner and HMEF Leaders Fund Supporter, for providing cutting boards and first aid kits for each school.
• Thanks to Sysco Minnesota for the delicious lunch, and their generous support of the food/ingredients used in creating the competition dishes, as well as to their many chefs who served as judges/mentors: 

Management Competition

• Branden Robinson, South Point Inn, Lead Judge
• Cathy Bovard, D’ Amico’s
• Jim Benson, Sourcewell
• Pete Mihajlov, Parasole Restaurants, Timer

Culinary Competition

• Chef John Van House, Grand Casino, Lead Judge
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Competition Pantry/Kitchen

• Chef Michael Manders, Grand View Lodge
• Chef Casey Bryant, Manhattan Beach Lodge
  
  

Team: Appearance, Organization and Teamwork, Proper Procedures and Knife Usage, Creativity and Degree of Difficulty

• Chef Howard Smith, Sysco Central North Region
• Chef Tom Johnson, Breezy Point Resort
• Chef Jenna Von Siebolds, Prairie Bay

Safety & Sanitation – All Aspects

• Chef Lou Krueger, Sysco Central North Region
• Chef Scott Parker CC
• Chef Bill Niemer, That’s Cooking School

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2 Secret Ingredients: Taste, Appearance and Creativity

• Chef Nate Luce, Sysco Central North Region
• Chef Amy Elliott, Sysco Central North Region
• Chef Michael Manders, Grand View Lodge
• Chef Casey Bryant, Manhattan Beach Lodge

Timers

• Liz Rammer, Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation
• Jennifer Brandabur, Hopkins High School

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