2019 ProStart Competition


19th Annual ProStart Competition Results!

The 19th Annual ProStart Culinary Team Competitions took place Friday, March 1 — Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. Fifty-seven ProStart schools competed in four competitions over two days. Results are below:

Overall

 1st Place – East Ridge High School

Instructors:         Ken Pitts and Christopher Dwyer

 2nd Place – Hialeah Gardens High School

Instructor:         James Bryant

3rd Place – Leto High School

Instructor:        Debra Hladky

4th Place – Lake Minneola High School

Instructors:       Nick Sandora, Lance Bowles

5th Place – Tarpon Springs High School

Instructors:         Cathleen Ryan, Tony DiVincenzo, Vincenzo Pesce

Johnson & Wales University Culinary Competition

1st Place – Leto High School

Instructor:        Debra Hladky

Students:          Kerelyn Driver,

Victoria Clawson

Anthony Nunez

Lia Thompson

Sterling Frazier

2nd Place – Hialeah Gardens High School

Instructor:         James Bryant

Students:          Melanie Trejo

Claudia More

Jennifer Costa

Evelyn Lazo

Jenneily Montes

3th Place – East Ridge High School

Instructors:         Ken Pitts, Chris Dwyer

Students:          Dakota Ederer

Hunter Hoskins

Alexander Cleary

Ysabel Maseda

Dylan Morales

4th Place –Northeast High School

Instructor:         John Beck and Curtis Serata

Student:           Mitchell McDermott

Dimitri Singh

Sarah Gruber

Tim Shedina

Caitlyn Guidice

5th Place – John A. Ferguson High School

            Instructors:       Janett Toledo, Jorge Garcia and Jebel Cordoba

Students:          Heidy Chaparro

Giselle Sanchez

Alejandra Garcia

Edwin Colina

Carolina Bejarano

Rosen College at UCF Management Competition

1st Place – East Ridge High School

Instructor:         Ken Pitts and Christopher Dwyer

Students:          Evangeline Marshall

Faith Marshall

Amanda De Turo

Cole Hilton         

2nd Place – Lake Minneola High School

Instructor:        Nick Sandora and Lance Bowles

Students:          Abbigayle Diamal

Bianca Bundy

Brianna Chicas

3rd Place – Fort Pierce Central High School      

Instructors:        Jesse Strell, Cindy Swertfager

Students:          Sarahi Fraga

McClintock Hoeffner

Hope Thomas

Luz Martinez

4th Place – Strawberry Crest High School

Instructor:        Paul Bonanno

Students:          Madison Sloan

Rachel Bartlett

Jada Broadnax

Janet Gonzalez

Diamon Brown

5th Place – Eastside High School

Instructor:         Pam Bedford and Richard Vaughan

Students:          Jada Roberts

Dylan Shea

Keiser University Edible Centerpiece

1st Place – Tarpon Springs High School

Instructors:         Cathleen Ryan, Tony DiVencenzo, Vincenzo Pesce

Student:           Nicole Alexiou 

2nd Place – Eustis High School

Instructor:         Nicole Austin

Student:           Alexandra Fales

3rd Place – Leon High School         

Instructors:       Christine Beam and Karen Stribling

Students:          Taylah Tolliver 

4th Place – South Lake High School           

Instructor:        Candy Huxhold and John Thunberg

Student:            Sara Guevara 

5th Place – East Ridge High School

Instructor:         Ken Pitts and Christopher Dwyer

Students:          Leah Filmer

Waiters Relay

1st Place – East Ridge High School

Instructor:         Ken Pitts and Christopher Dwyer

Students:          Maxwell Allman

Tyler Dobereiner

Josh Cerna

2nd Place – Hialeah Gardens High School

Instructor:         James Bryant

Students:          Danaisy Abascal

Kenneth Florencio

Ailani Ortega 

3rd Place – JP Taravella High School

           Instructors:       Scott Goodman

Students:          Micahel Liu

Ryan McGuire

Yessenina King

4th Place – Dixie Hollins High School

Instructors:        Christy Rabich, Tara Bishop

Students:          Bobby Denovo

Aaliyah Jackson

Carly Lewis

5th Place – Leon High School

            Instructors:       Christine Beam and Karen Stribling

Students:          A’Nyiah Cobb

Javonta Anderson

Morgan Richardson


2019 ProStart Competition Video


19th Annual ProStart Culinary Team Competition

Friday, March 1 — Saturday, March 2, 2019,  Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

1. CLICK HERE to get your TEAM NUMBER

2. Click on competition name below, find your TEAM NUMBER and your competition time will be next to it

CULINARY COMPETITION SCHEDULE

MANAGEMENT COMPETITION SCHEDULE

EDIBLE CENTERPIECE SCHEDULE

WAITER’S RELAY ORDER

2019 COMPETITION AGENDA


COMPETITION RULES

CULINARY RULES 2019

MANAGEMENT RULES 2019

EDIBLE CENTERPIECE RULES 2019

WAITER’S RELAY RULES 2019

REQUIRED PAPERWORK

PARTICIPANT WAIVER

HOTEL  The Rosen Plaza Hotel will be the host site for the 2019 ProStart Culinary Team Competitions.  The room rate at the Rosen Plaza is $129 per night.

To reserve hotel rooms, use THIS LINK or contact the Rosen Plaza at 800-627-8258 and reference the FRLAEF ProStart Competition Salute to Excellence.  The deadline to make hotel reservations is Wednesday, February 13, 2019. But don’t wait this long to book your rooms! These rooms sell out quickly. Go ahead and reserve your hotel rooms.  You can always cancel before the deadline if you decide you want to stay elsewhere.

LOCATION—the entire competition will take place at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. Self parking is complimentary. If you are not staying on site—just mention the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association to the parking attendant and they will waive the parking fee. Valet parking is $20 per vehicle.

MEALS—All meals are on your own (except the Salute Awards dinner, which is complimentary for competing team members and ProStart instructors). The Rosen Plaza has on-site dining and there are other restaurant options nearby. Pointe Orlando is located across the street from the hotel and offers multiple restaurant choices.

REFRIGERATION – Refrigeration will be provided onsite to store items while not competing. You may place your items in the walk-in when you arrive. Items may be stored there until you compete. Even if you arrive on Friday and do not compete in Culinary until Saturday you can store items in the refrigerator until your competition time on Saturday.

HATS + APRONS – We will provide hats and aprons for all competing students. The Culinary and Edible Centerpiece students must wear the provided hats and aprons while competing. The Management and Waiter Relay students are not required to wear the hats or aprons while competing. These will be mailed to you before the competition.

TEMPLATES for Culinary & Management – The Recipe & Costing Templates can be found at the link above under Competition Rules.

AWARDS DINNER – The Salute to Excellence Awards Dinner will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. All ProStart competition awards will be presented along with Hospitality Excellence Awards, Pineapple Awards and FRLAEF Scholarships. All ProStart teachers, all competing team members, Hospitality Excellence Award recipients, Pineapple Award recipients and Scholarship recipients may attend the dinner free of charge.

We will contact you in the next couple weeks to confirm your Salute headcount.

SCORE SHEETS – To be successful, your students must know their score sheet.  Teams do not want to “give” points away by not having a uniformed appearance, having visible piercing, incorrect math on costing template, etc. All score sheets are included with the rules of each competition and can be found at the link above.

STIPENDS – Each team will receive a $250 stipend per competition. A team competing in one competition will receive $250 while a team competing in all four competitions will receive $1,000. The competition stipends will be mailed in the next two weeks. If a team backs out of a competition after receiving their stipend, they must reimburse the FRLAEF for the stipend.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Laura can be reached at laura@frla.org or 321-689-7192. Amy can be reached at aparker@frla.org or 866-288-8820 x.250.



2018 COMPETITION VIDEO