Any Way You Slice It, This Year's Junior Iron Chef Competition Is Sure To Be Spicy In Minneapolis Public Schools

Press release from Minneapolis Public Schools:

June 5, 2021

Six of the Twin Cities’ hottest chefs and twelve middle school students will team up to compete for the title of Junior Iron Chef and the opportunity to have their recipe added to the MPS lunch menu next school year in the fifth annual Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Junior Iron Chef Competition.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper of American Public Media’s The Splendid Table and Stephanie Hansen of myTalk 107.1’s Weekly Dish will emcee the event, providing the play-by-play as teams create, prepare and serve unique recipes. For this special fifth-anniversary event, the competition will include a new and exciting twist: plant-based protein. Teams will have one hour to prepare vegetarian dishes using plant-base proteins and a pantry of ingredients found in MPS school kitchens.

What: Fifth annual Minneapolis Public Schools Junior Iron Chef Competition

When: Thursday, May 2 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Media welcome to arrive at 5 p.m.)

Where: Chowgirls at Solar Arts
711 15th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Learn more about the competition here. The Junior Iron Chef competition is sponsored by Life Time Foundation and hosted in partnership with Chowgirls Killer Catering and the True Food Chef Council. Participating celebrity chefs and judges include:

Chefs

• Andrew Vuong Fig+Farro
• Justin Sutherland Handsome Hog
• Tammy Wong Rainbow Chinese
• Jared Brewington Funky Grits
• Zack Hable Trio
• Carrie McCabe-Johnston Nightingale

Judges

• Sue Zelickson James Beard Award Winner & Founder of The Charlie Awards
• Emily Akradi Life Time Foundation
• Susan Moores Roots for the Home Team
• Melissa Coleman The Faux Martha
• Kimberly Caprini Minneapolis School Board Director
• Naimah Muhammad MPS Student & Previous Junior Iron Chef Competitor

This press release was produced by Minneapolis Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.