Stanwood High School culinary students are taking a recipe they developed in class to Camano Island’s annual Chili & Chowder Cook-Off this weekend.
The school’s SkillsUSA Culinary Club will serve its Three Little Pig Chowder on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Camano Center. The Stanwood-Camano School District announced the entry Friday, describing it as the school’s first student entry in the competition.
Chef Brian Wallis made the cook-off part of the culinary curriculum, the district said. Students spent the past few weeks creating their recipe from scratch, testing flavor combinations and fine-tuning it in class. Saturday gives neighbors a chance to try what they have been working on.
The project connects classroom cooking with a public event. Stanwood High’s career and technical education program lists Wallis as a SkillsUSA adviser and describes its student organizations as part of career and leadership development alongside classroom instruction.
When and where to taste it
The Camano Island Chamber of Commerce’s 29th annual cook-off is at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Chili and chowder will be served from 3 to 6 p.m., or until the food runs out. Awards are scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Each ticket includes ten tastings. Visitors can vote for their favorites in the chili, chowder and congeniality categories. The Chamber also lists live music, a raffle and an outdoor fire pit with s’mores.
Advance tickets are $25 plus the ticketing fee through 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. The listed door price is $30. Veterans and first responders can buy $15 tickets at the door with proper identification.
Overflow parking is available at Utsalady Elementary and Arrowhead Ranch, with a free shuttle provided by Snow Goose Transit. Use the Chamber’s event page for current ticket links and event details.
A recipe to look forward to
The district says it plans to share the students’ results and the full Three Little Pig Chowder recipe after the cook-off. Readers who cannot attend will have another way to try the students’ work when that recipe is released.
Our earlier cook-off guide has more background on the event.
