Windsor High School Culinary Students Invited to Houston for Final NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge

Four Windsor High School’s Culinary Arts III students have made it to the finals for their veggie meatball recipe in the annual NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge. These students have been invited to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas to compete against nine other schools across the country on April 21, 2016. The team includes Alijah Comer (Team Leader), Jamiyah Barnaby-Anderson, Lydia Maldonado, and Beaudie Ofsuryk.

Students have learned about food in a microgravity environment and developed a recipe for a vegetable entrée that meets the nutritional criteria NASA has set for its astronauts in space. These students researched and determined the most appropriate method to prepare the food for space and how to reconstruct the dish once it is there. The food must also last for three years and still be tasty to the astronauts.

Over the past few months, students have been finalizing their recipes, working on a research paper, and a two minute video to submit to NASA for the culinary cook-off. Dr. Florence Gold, a representative from NASA also visited Windsor High School in February to evaluate the student entrees along with judges from the local community.

These winning recipes will be compiled in a cookbook for astronaut meals in space.

About Windsor Public Schools:

Windsor Public Schools serves nearly 4,000 students in the community of Windsor, Connecticut, a town located in north central Connecticut between Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts. Windsor Public Schools is comprised of six schools: Oliver Ellsworth School, Poquonock School, Clover Street School, John F. Kennedy School, Sage Park Middle School, and Windsor High School. The mission of Windsor Public Schools is to develop the genius in every child and to create life-long learners. For more information about the Windsor Board of Education and any of its schools, please visit www.windsorct.org.