Student Chefs Serve Delights at Taste of Education

Culinary students from Miami-Dade County Public middle schools and high schools created special dishes at The Education Fund’s annual Taste of Education, an evening of food, wine and craft beer dedicated to celebrating volunteers and showing off their skills.

At the event, held at Hialeah Park, participating school teams prepared gourmet bits in different categories – vegetarian, meat, seafood and dessert – and were judged by panels of celebrity chefs.

Here are the judges' winners:
Best Meat Dish Slow & Low Street Tacos, Team Hot Hawks, Miami Springs Senior High
Runner-up Jerk Chicken Sushi, The Main Ingredients, Miami Jackson Senior High
Best Seafood Dish Mtuiz wa Samaki (Fish Curry), Team Zanzibar, Redland Middle
Runner-up Corvina Ceviche, Team Spice Gals, Ronald Reagan Doral Senior High
Best Vegetarian Dish Sherron Sushi Roll, Team Dragonfly, Miami Springs Senior High
Runner-up Mysterious Stuffed Mushrooms, Team AP Heat, American Senior High
Best Dessert Strawberry Filled Nutella Cupcakes, Team Curry Cubs Kitchen, Lamar Louise Curry Middle School
Runner-up Paradise Cakes, Team Good Look Cooks, Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School
Best Visual Presentation Sherron Sushi Roll, Team Dragonfly, Miami Springs Senior High
Runner-up Slow & Low Street Tacos, Team Hot Hawks, Miami Springs Senior High
Best Sales Pitch Slow & Low Street Tacos, Team Hot Hawks, Miami Springs Senior High
Runner-up Strawberry Filled Nutella Cupcakes, Team Curry Cubs Kitchen, Lamar Louise Curry Middle