Sisters students win culinary competition

A Sisters High School culinary arts team took first place in the Regional High School Culinary Competition, held at Central Oregon Community College last week.

The team of Nick Reuter, Joey Farruggia and James Lewis took top honors for a thin-crust pizza featuring caramelized onions, fontina cheese, pears, feta cheese, coarsely-chopped onions and sliced green onions.

"Their thin-crust pizza was a very unique pizza," said instructor Janice Comfort.

The competition also calls on students to demonstrate knife skills by making three cuts, dice onions and mince parsley.

Students study the culinary arts as a spring independent study option. The entire class is focused on the culminating competition, with students experimenting with ingredients and learning the techniques of preparation.

According to Comfort, students spent a lot of time learning to throw the pizza dough.

"I think we went through three different onions before we settled on what onions to caramelize," she said.

A second team, Stephanie Cole, Thomas Keeton and Jeremiah Stahn also competed, taking fifth place.

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