PHOTOS: Manitoba Culinary Institute ‘Black Box Challenge’

Competing students created two dishes in a three-hour time crunch using only select ingredients from a supplied black box

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Published: April 20, 2015
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Kelsie Gardner, Glenda Halkett and Dallas Stevenson wait patiently for judging results in the Manitoba Canola Growers culinary theatre.

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Nick Ewasiuk’s duck taco with a honey Dijon vinaigrette slaw appetizer was a judge favourite on day two of ACC’s culinary competition.

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Whitney Glasglow came in a close second to Nick Ewasiuk with her marinated rack of lamb and cherry sauce with quinoa pilaf and a lime peanut vinaigrette and grilled asparagus.

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Glenda Halkett plates her pork entrée in preparation for judging.

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Dallas Stevenson slices into his stuffed pork tenderloin with arbore rice prior to plating his entrée.

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Culinary student, Victoria Clifford slices into her seared duck breast in preparation to plate her appetizer during the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s Black Box Challenge.

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Students at the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts employed their homegrown ingredients as they faced off in a Black Box Challenge to earn scholarship funds and bragging rights.

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