WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Thirteen Lexington Two students have cooked their way into the finals next month of the 10h Annual Future Chef competition.
Nearly 200 recipes, themed to “reimagined” school lunch dishes, were submitted, from which a panel of judges selected 13 finalists. The winning third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders will now go on to represent their schools in the finals, set for March 12.
The finalists and their schools are:
Cayce Elementary: Jaiya Johns
Congaree Elementary: Daniah Hart, Harrington Lowman
Riverbank Elementary: Maddox Ashley, Sadie Roberts, Christopher Webb
Saluda River Academy for the Arts: Peyton Durrett, Anthony Ramirez Rico
Springdale Elementary: James Baldwin, Colden Pumphrey, Jayden Taber
Wood Elementary: Isabella Szczechowski, Alexis Wiggins
The March 12 cook-off begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Lexington Two Innovation Center, 509 Bulldog Blvd., Cayce.
The winner of the culinary showdown will go on to represent Lexington Two at the statewide, district-level competition.