Savory duck confit cheesecake. Jackfruit salad. Miami-Dade students from high school and middle school culinary programs dazzled judges with their creations at the recent Taste of Education event at Hialeah Park.
At the 10th annual event, a fundraiser for The Education Fund, students prepare dishes for local judges in the categories of meat, seafood, vegetarian and dessert. They’re judged on presentation, sales pitch and the elements of the dish, including flavor and appearance.
Winners include:
Meat: Miami Jackson Senior High for Savory duck confit cheesecake with caramelized onion jam. Runner-up: Miami Springs Senior High for sweet and spicy smoked baby back ribs.
Seafood: Miami Springs Senior High for escargot three ways. Runner-up: Miami Jackson Senior High: spicy lobster roll with forbidden rice.
Vegetarian: Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High for goi mit tron (young jackfruit salad). Runner-up: Henry Filer Middle School for spicy strawberry watermelon gazpacho.
Dessert: Miami Coral Park Senior High for pavlova. Runner-up West Miami Middle School for French macarons.
Best sales pitch: Redland Middle School. Runner-up Hialeah Gardens High School
Best visual presentation: Miami Springs Senior High School (winner and runner-up)
People’s Choice Award: Kinloch Park Middle School for French Dip with au jus. Runner-up: Hialeah Senior High for Latin triflea
The Education Fund programming includes food forests for schools.
Some of the students’ dishes
