Saint Peter Public Schools

Several Saint Peter High School culinary arts students, under the direction of SPHS FACS teachers Courtney Shoemaker and Caryl Bunkowske, competed in the annual CRAVE event at the Minnesota State University (Mankato) Centennial Student Union on Tuesday.

(SHOWN ABOVE) SPHS placewinners the CRAVE event on April 8th included (l to r) Amelya Weston, Ashlyn Loula, Vivian Christenson, Abbigael Westphal, Paige Winkelmann, Phoenix Shane, Annika Stone, and Jacob Horstmann.

CRAVE (Culinary Arts Regional Venue in Education) is a regional event for high school students in culinary arts classes that showcases the food and hospitality industry. Students have an opportunity to explore culinary arts careers and skills with industry professionals through competition and/or interactive learning sessions.

Those areas of competition the student took part in at CRAVE included Cake Decorating, Culinary, and Tablescaping. The following are the results of the SPHS competitors:

Culinary
Annika Stone & Jacob Horstmann (1st place)
Paige Winkelmann & Phoenix Shane (2nd place)

Cake Decorating
Amelya Weston (1st place)
Ashlyn Loula (2nd place)
Vivian Christenson (3rd place)

Tablescaping 
Abbigael Westphal (3rd place)

Other students competing included Isaih Hesse, Isabelle Torgerson, Piper Winters, Shayla Wills, Ruby Sletta, Jayden Patrick and Gabe Zayas.

See the SPPS Facebook page for more photos on the SPHS students competing at the CRAVE event!