20th Annual ProStart Culinary Team Competition
Saturday March 7–Sunday, March 8, 2020, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando
TEAM START TIMES
- CLICK HERE TO FIND YOUR TEAM NUMBER
- USING YOUR TEAM NUMBER, CLICK ON A COMPETITION NAME BELOW TO FIND YOUR START TIME FOR EACH
- CULINARY COMPETITION START TIMES
- MANAGEMENT COMPETITION START TIMES
- EDIBLE CENTERPIECE START TIMES
- WAITER’S RELAY COMPETITION ORDER
- AGENDA 2020
COMPETITION RULES
- Recipe, Costing, Menu Template
- JUDGE’S RUBRICS: STARTER, ENTREE, DESSERT, SAFETY & SANITATION, TEAM PRESENTATION/WORK SKILLS, MENU & RECIPE
- Recipe, Costing, Menu Templates for MANAGEMENT
- JUDGE’S RUBRICS: CONCEPT, CRITICAL THINKING, MARKETING, MENU/RECIPE/COSTING, OPERATIONS
PARTICIPANT WAIVER
COMPETITION INFORMATION
HOTEL The Rosen Plaza Hotel is the host site for the 2020 ProStart Culinary Team Competitions. The room rate at the Rosen Plaza is $129 per night. The deadline to make hotel reservations is Tuesday, February 4, 2020. However, if the hotel sells out before the deadline then schools will have to find another option. Do not wait to book your hotel rooms. Do so now! You can always cancel or change your reservation.
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.
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 Saturday and do not compete in Culinary until Sunday you can store items in the refrigerator until your competition time on Sunday.
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 Sunday, March 8, 2020 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.
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. 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.
PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE to apply. The application deadline is Friday, October 11, 2019. Applicants will be notified their status by Friday, October 18, 2019.
2019 ProStart Competition Video