Culinary Arts students from Northport K8, Port St. Lucie High School, and St. Lucie West Centennial High cooked up a storm at the Derby Day celebration at Monarch Country Club. Students cooked Kentucky Derby-themed recipes including Port St. Lucie High School’s Kentucky Hot Brown Wontons, Louisville Chicken Sliders, and Shrimp on Savory Grits Cake, St. Lucie West Centennial’s Chilled Tomato Shooter Gazpacho, Pork Sliders with Chow-Chow & Apricot Jam served in a Brown Butter & Caramelized Onion Biscuit, Mint Julep Almond Vanilla Cupcake With Blackberries and Bruleed Bananas, and Northport’s Chicken and Waffles bites, Deviled Eggs, Cucumber Canapés, Rosewater/Cardamom cupcakes, and orange basil sparkling water.
The students were a hit! Big thanks to participants: St. Lucie West Centennial High’s Chef Gedke-Balachak, Chef Fraum, Kaitlyn Owens, Isaac Vascancelos, Nathan Korb, Alannah Gomez, Merlyn Lamb, Abbigail Roth; Port St. Lucie High’s Chef Foerster, Vasilios Koumoundouros, Tanner Phillip, Natalie Pineda, Karen Joseph, Rylee Ashton, Jaylene Carillo, Alejandro Resendiz; and Northport K8’s Chef Tredor, Melody Rivera, Alessandra Hernandez, Erlandie Viljean, Abigail Lankow, Parker Peralta, Addison Pulver, Desiree Merisier, Riley Adinolfe, Jaralyn Prefontaine, Addison Wood, Ryan Boike, and Kiera Belgraves.
The event was supported by Dana Caputo and Keron Belgraves from the Career and Technical Education Department at St. Lucie Public Schools, and Samantha Delaski and Chef James at Monarch Country Club.
