Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JAnuARy 27, 2023 ~ EXCELLEnCE in THE EPS ~ Sweet, Savory and Sensational! Teddie Peanut Butter Challenge a Huge Success By David O’Connor E verett High School Culinary Arts students showed off the full range of their skills during the 2nd Annual Teddie Peanut Butter Challenge, a fun competition in which students created a sweet or savory dish featuring the beloved product that is made here in Everett. “I had high hopes as I arrived at EHS to serve as a judge, and I left in awe knowing the students exceeded those expectations,” said Superintendent Priya Tahiliani. “This was a genuinely awesome event of which the Culinary Arts students and staff should be immensely proud. I cannot conceive of a better showcase for their talents.” Joining Superintendent Tahiliani at the judge’s table were Teddie Peanut Butter representatives Mark Nazarian, Brianna Soule and Brittany L’Italien. They had the pleasure of tasting a wide range of dishes from the following Culinary Arts students: • Ashley Arriaza Sageth • Nashaely Avila Ruiz • Zyana Betancur • Patrick Bien-Aime • Maria Cabral • Alessandro Diniz • Ricardo Dutra Lopez • Mathew Fonseca • Thomas Guerrero • Phat Nguyen • Elder Marin Vanegas • Heidi Orellana Ramos • Sabrina Santana Hernandez • Ohsemenard Vales Dishes included chicken tacos with pickled onions, PB Lasagna, Fried PB chicken with broccoli and rice, pork kabobs with PB sauce, PB chicken curry, PB pork loin and grilled salmon with PB dressing. Sweet selections included PB cookie cake, PB cheesecake, tres leches PB cake and chocolate PB cake. “It was, as promised, a Teddie Peanut Butter extravaganza,” Superintendent Tahiliani said. “It’s amazing how chefs can use one ingredient to express themselves so differently.” After deliberate and close voting, the winners were as follows: savory: Ohsemendard Vales and his Peanut Butter Salmon Cake over Peanut Butter Polenta and Soy-Peanut Butter “Caviar”; sweet: Sabrina Santana Hernandez and her Peanut Butter and Jelly Rollup Cake. The EPS thanks Teddie Peanut Butter for supporting this event and for being such a valued community partner. Superintendent Priya Tahiliani (second from right) is pictured with Brianna Soule, Brittany L’Italien and Mark Nazarian of Teddie Peanut Butter. Second-year students in Nei l Plotnick’s cybersecurity class are using Parallax robots and cyber literacy curriculum to learn about circuits, sensors and programming. The robots were purchased through a grant Plotnick secured from Cyber.org. EHS Culinary Arts students are pictured with the judges at this year’s Teddie Peanut Butter Challenge, which was held on January 19 inside the Crimson Cafe. Advanced Cybersecurity Superintendent Priya Tahiliani, winners Ohsemendard Vales and Sabrina Santana Hernandez, and Teddie Peanut Butter representatives Brianna Soule, Brittany L’Italien and Mark Nazarian. The winner of the sweet category: Sabrina Santana Hernandez’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Roll-up Cake. The winner of the savory category: Ohsemendard Vales’s Peanut Butter Salmon Cake over Peanut Butter Polenta and Soy-Peanut Butter “Caviar.”
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