Winners of Lee culinary competition announced

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Winners of Lee culinary competition announced

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Posted : Friday Mar 12, 2010 17:26:53 EST

The winners of the 35th Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., were announced Friday.

The annual competition drew 629 entries from 229 competitors, according to a release from Fort Lee. Chefs and other culinary artists and teams took home a total of 494 medals, including 133 gold medals.

The winners are:

• Installation of the Year: first place, U.S. Army Team Europe; second place, Fort Bragg, N.C.; third place, Team Coast Guard.

Winners in the other major competition categories were:

• Armed Forces Chef of the Year: Staff Sgt. Joshua Spiess, Fort Monroe, Va.

• Armed Forces Junior Chef of the Year: Pfc. Antoinette Davison, Team Europe.

• Field Cooking Competition: Team Fort Monroe, Va.

• Student Team Skills Competition: Team Fort Bliss, Texas.

• Nutritional Hot Food Challenge: CSC Derrick Davenport and CS1 Michael Edwards, Team U.S. Navy.

• Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl: Team Fort Bragg, N.C.

• Best Ice Carving in Show: Team Puerto Rico.

• Army Senior Enlisted Aide of the Year: Sgt. 1st Class Sherra Jackson, Fort Myer, Va.

• Army Junior Enlisted Aide of the Year: Staff Sgt. Jose Alves, Fort Lee, Va.

Winners in special categories included:

• Best Exhibit in Show (Category A, cold platter): Sgt. Ken Turman, Team Europe.

• Best Exhibit in Show (Category B, cold appetizers): Staff Sgt. Stevie Bronson, Team Europe.

• Best Exhibit in Show (Category C, patisserie/confectionery): Spc. William Pelkey, Team Europe.

• Best Exhibit in Show (Category D, showpiece): Master Sgt. Mark Morgan, Fort Monroe, Va.

• Most Artistic Exhibit in Show: Sgt. Trent Skinner, Team U.S. Army Reserve.

• Best Team Buffet Table (Category E): Team Europe.

• Judges Special Award (Cold Food Table): Team Fort Hood, Texas.

• Best in Class, contemporary cooking (Category K): Sgt. Billy Daugette, Team Pentagon; Sgt. Ashley Schei, Team Hawaii.

• Best in Class, contemporary pastry (Category P): Spc. William Pelkey, Team Europe.

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Pfc. Michael Cutright from Joint Base Langley-Eustis adds vegetables to his dish during the Practical and Contemporary Hot Food Cooking, professional category, of the 35th Army Culinary Arts Competition that took place March 4 at Fort Lee, Va. Winners were announced March 12.

T. Anthony Bell / Army Pfc. Michael Cutright from Joint Base Langley-Eustis adds vegetables to his dish during the Practical and Contemporary Hot Food Cooking, professional category, of the 35th Army Culinary Arts Competition that took place March 4 at Fort Lee, Va. Winners were announced March 12.

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