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In Photos: Sharpen those knives; the California ProStart Cup returns to Long Beach

byRichard H. Grant, Photo Editor
March 9, 2023
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The Rowland High School Spice Girls begin plating their entree of pan seared steak with yuca mojo and sauteed vegetables for the 2023 Pro Start Cup judges at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
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The frenzied sounds of knives chopping, whisks whipping and pans sizzling filled the Long Beach Convention Center for the 2023 ProStart Cup on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Students from 25 different high schools from across California came to compete in the youth cooking competition, where they had one hour to prepare and plate a three-course meal consisting of an appetizer, entree and dessert using only two butane burners for a panel of judges made up of professional chefs. 

The appetizer, entree and dessert courses the Rowland High School Spice Girls created for the 2023 Pro Start Cup sit on a table for display in the curtained-off tasting and judging area of the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)

In addition to the cooking competition, some of the schools also had restaurant management teams that presented ideas for new restaurant concepts to a panel of judges, Shark Tank-style, for critique and constructive criticism.

Winners of the competition won medals and scholarships for first, second and third place. The top team will go on to represent the State of California in the national competition in Washington D.C., in May. 

In Photos:

Jessica Martinez, team captain for the Rowland High School Spice Girls, adds yuca mojo to their entree of pan-seared steak with sauteed vegetables for the 2023 ProStart Cup judges at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Chef judges critique the entree made by the Rowland High School Spice Girls that they created for the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Emmanuel Evelyn from Leuzinger High School culinary team gets close to the table while he carefully fillets a red snapper that will be used in an appetizer for the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Supporters of the Leuzinger High School culinary team hold signs with the competitor’s faces while they prepare their three-course meal for the judges fo the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
German Virgen Perez of the Leuzinger High School culinary team mixes jet-black squid ink into dough to make udon noodles for the team’s entree at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Ginewikwe Desjarlait (left) and Shantana Chavez of Sherman Indian High School pitch their resturant idea of KINA, Keeping it Native American, to the panel of judges during the BJ’s Restaurants Management Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Rowland High School students cheer on their team, the Spice Girls, as they use their allotted hour to prepare a three-course meal for the judges at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Business plans are stacked up on a table of High School students’ ideas for new restaurants that they will pitch, Shark Tank-style, to a panel of industry experts for the BJ’s Restaurants Management Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Morgan Jaynes of the Rowland High School Spice Girls cuts key limes in preparation for juicing for the team’s dessert, a take on a key lime pie with a lime white chocolate ganache that they will serve to the judges at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Jessica Martinez, team captain for the Rowland High School Spice Girls, shaves the skin of a yuca root for their entree that they will serve to the judges at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Morgan Jaynes of the Rowland High School Spice Girls cuts key limes in preparation for juicing for the team’s dessert, a take on a key lime pie with a lime white chocolate ganache that they will serve to the judges at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A judge looks on as two students from Sherman Indian High School pitch their restaurant idea of KINA, Keeping it Native American, to the panel of judges during the BJ’s Restaurants Management Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A student competitor at the 2023 ProStart Cup kneads rice dough in preparation for a meal at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Between rounds of the 2023 ProStart Cup, students and attendees relax with some of the games provided on the floor of the grand ballroom in the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Rowland High School students cheer on their team, the Spice Girls, as they use their allotted hour to prepare a three-course meal for the judges at the 2023 ProStart Cup at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A balloon arch is placed in front of the 2023 ProStart Cup entrance at the Long Beach Convention Center on March 8, 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)

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