FCCLA Competition- Brandywine Places!

April 15th marked the date of the spring conference and competition for FCCLA, or Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, a competition that Brandywine artfully took by storm. Four of our own BHS students attended and competed in the state wide competition , 3 walking away with gold and one walking away with a fourth place ribbon.
Lakisha Atkinson wowed the judges with her preparation routine of a salad from scratch. Although Lakisha did not get the gold, the 3 professional chef judges were outrageously impressed by Atkinsons performance.
"I couldnt have even done that!" says Ms.Zellis. Latasha Atkinson scored a gold for her amish white bread in the yeast-bread competition. Ciara Carver also got gold for her double pie crust for her fruit pie in the pie competition. The last bulldog to place was Julian Austin who not only recieved gold for the appetizer competetion, but additionally banked a $3000 scholarship and qualified for the national level competition.
All four of the BHS competitors prepared extensuvely for the competition and the competition proved to be his walk in the park. All the competitors were individually interviewed by the 3 professional chef judges and there after began their evaluation. They had to present there dish, describe what they learned, include photos of the dish and then include info about nutritional value and cost of the recipie.
After an honor-worthy performance BHS returned back to Wilmington with their pride and some awards to give them a reason to boast

Written by: Tina Cianfaro