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Team Boiling Blondes<br />
Team Rojo<br />
Student Activities<br />
Iron Chef<br />
pioneer college caterers, inc.<br />
Applause for food preparation<br />
does not commonly occur<br />
in college and university<br />
cafeterias. However,<br />
the cafeteria on the<br />
campus of <strong>Hannibal</strong>-<br />
<strong>LaGrange</strong> College<br />
was “smokin’” from<br />
the buzz of activity<br />
and excitement as the<br />
crowd gathered for the<br />
first annual HLG Iron<br />
Chef competition on<br />
January 30.<br />
The HLG cafeteria was filled<br />
with hopeful amateur chefs,<br />
people cheering and holding up signs<br />
for their favorite teams, and local media<br />
taking pictures and video. The evening was not only<br />
successful for the team that took home the top prize,<br />
but for HLG as well, thanks to the help of Pioneer<br />
College Caterers, the HLG Student Development<br />
Office, Refreshment Services Pepsi, County Market,<br />
and Kohl’s Food Store.<br />
Five teams competed against each other for prizes<br />
and bragging rights for the title of HLG Iron Chef. All<br />
teams were given a pre-set list of ingredients and 90<br />
minutes to prepare an appetizer, side dish, and main<br />
entrée. However, a “secret ingredient” was revealed<br />
just minutes before the competition began. A liter of<br />
orange soda was given to each team to incorporate<br />
into one or more of the competing recipes.<br />
Kyle Brennemann, dean of student development and<br />
coordinator of the event, was pleased with the talented<br />
teams. “I was very impressed with the creativity<br />
that the teams used in cooking their dishes,” said<br />
Brennemann. “It was interesting to walk around and<br />
see how hard the teams were working.”<br />
Cooking stations were set-up in front of an audience<br />
of HLG college students, faculty and staff during the<br />
evening meal hour. Onlookers were encouraged to<br />
cheer and donate money to their favorite team. The<br />
team who collected the most money would receive<br />
another special honor, the People’s Choice Award. All<br />
donations collected at team work stations were given<br />
to support HLG mission projects.<br />
Teams frantically worked to prepare their dishes<br />
within the allotted time. Team members divided their<br />
<strong>2007</strong> HLG Iron Chef Winners<br />
Team M.O.M.<br />
(Moms on a Mission)<br />
cooking efforts between time in the<br />
large cafeteria kitchen and at the<br />
tabletop work stations. When<br />
time was called, each team<br />
presented their dishes to<br />
the judges: Rich Cain,<br />
WGEM chief meteorologist;<br />
Patrick Keyser, designer/<br />
photographer and food<br />
stylist; Randy Boyer,<br />
Refreshment Services Pepsi;<br />
and Brian England, area<br />
vice president for Pioneer<br />
College Catering.<br />
Rich Cain, well-known in the<br />
tri-state area as the trusted weatherman<br />
for WGEM TV and Radio, informed and<br />
entertained the HLG audience by filming a live<br />
weathercast during the competition.<br />
Four student teams and one HLG personnel team<br />
participated in the competition. Team C’3, Shelly<br />
Bode, Bethany Bearden, and Jonathan Lemaster; Team<br />
Rojo, Seyhan Hope, Yulia Igheltskia, and Anne Smith;<br />
Team Boiling Blondes, Kathryn Heyer, Alicia Comfort,<br />
and Jenny Barker; Team Hot Pepto, Melanie Logan,<br />
Michelle Smith, and Trey Hall; and Team M.O.M.<br />
(Moms on a Mission), Marilyn Lehenbauer, Cindy<br />
Hammock, and Betty Anderson. Randy Shepard,<br />
director of student activities, served as master of<br />
ceremonies for the event.<br />
The panel of judges deliberated based on the following<br />
criteria: presentation, completion of dishes, use<br />
of secret ingredient, creativity, originality, attire,<br />
teamwork, overall taste, and cleanliness. The teams<br />
were judged on a scale of 1-15.<br />
The results of the competition were:<br />
HLG Iron Chef: Team M.O.M.<br />
Second Place: Team Boiling Blondes<br />
Third Place: Team Rojo<br />
HLG Iron Chef winning team members each received<br />
a George Forman Personal Grill. Team M.O.M.’s<br />
winning recipes were featured selections on the<br />
college cafeteria menu the following week. The<br />
coveted People’s Choice Award was also presented to<br />
Team M.O.M. for collecting the most donations for<br />
HLG mission projects.<br />
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