2012 Student Culinology® Competition

For the 2012 Student Culinology® Competition, student teams will develop a proposal for a Tex-Mex appetizer concept featuring pork for a club store which includes both gold standard recipes and the corresponding product formulations.  Selected finalists will commercialize and ship their product to the competition site in San Antonio, TX.  On the day of the competition, March 22, 2012, finalists will create the fresh product version of their concept, and be judged in part against how well the plated, commercialized concept matches up against the gold standard.  The Letter of Intent to submit a proposal is due September 30, 2011, and proposals are be due December 1, 2011.  For further information, please see the "2012 RCA Student Culinology Competition RFP."  

2011 Student Culinology® Competition  

RCA's 2011 Student Culinology Competition was held at the RCA Annual Conference on March 2-5 in Atlanta, GA. Student teams competed for industry-wide recognition and a first prize of $5,000. 

2011 Student Culinology Competition Winners:

First place team: Southwest Minnesota State University
Winning plate: "Good as Grandma's Peach Cobbler with Vanilla Buttermilk Ice Cream"

Second place team: Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Winning plate: "Peach de Résistance"

Third place team: University of Guelph
Winning plate: "Granny's Tupelo Peach Pound Cake"

2011 Competition Star Sponsors

GPI
National Starch Food Innovation
Wawona Frozen Foods

2011 Competition Ingredient Sponsors

ConAgra Mills
David Michael & Co.
SupHerb Farms

About the Competition

For more information about sponsoring the Student Culinology Competition, please contact Kristi Johnson, (678) 303-3009.  For more information about participating in the competition, please contact Tim Kline, (678) 303-3017.