CEANCI announces “Future Top Chef” event

STATELINE – Career Education Associates of North Central Illinois (CEANCI) is proud to announce the first “Future Top Chef” event, from Feb. 22 through Feb. 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at local McDonald’s stores.

Through a collaborative effort between CEANCI and the McDonald’s Corporation, students will be provided a venue to demonstrate their culinary skills in a unique sandwich competition. Under the supervision of McDonald’s crew members, school teams will design new sandwiches utilizing McDonald’s ingredients.

This year high school instructors and students in Culinary Arts programs at Harlem, Belvidere, Belvidere North, Byron and Hononegah have signed up for the event.

The final product will be judged by guest judges and crew members based on team organization, food production, food taste and presentation. A “Junior Chef Star” will be crowned at each McDonald’s location.

CEANCI supports career and technical education programs that serve high school students in 15 area high schools. CEANCI also supports professional development for CTE instructors, purchases equipment and technology, and collaborates with business and higher learning to streamline the ongoing development of the region workforce.

If interested in being a part of this exciting competition, come out and cheer for your home team.

The competitions will take place from Monday, Feb. 22 to Thursday, Feb. 25, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the following locations:

On Monday, Belvidere North High School competed at 6995 E. Riverside Blvd. in Rockford.

On Tuesday, Hononegah High School will compete at 5195 Elevator Road in Roscoe.

On Tuesday, Harlem High School will compete at 10101 North 2nd St.in Rockford.

On Wednesday, Byron High School will compete at 105 N. Union St. in Byron.

On Thursday, Belvidere High School will compete at 240 W. Chrysler Dr. in Belvidere.

For any additional questions about this event, please contact Beth Mead, CEANCI Community Outreach Coordinator at (815) 921-1650 or email [email protected].