Ode to Sandwiches 2016

PHS Culinary and Baking Students: Volunteer for the Catalyst Event

Overall Summary of Event for Participants:
The Marketing and Events Coordinator for Downtown Green Bay and Olde Main Street has asked Pulaski High School culinary and baking students to work with chefs during the event and keep the food at its finest. The chefs are from Three Three Five, Hinterland, and Black & Tan.

Location: Watermark Building 119 N. Pine St. Green Bay, WI

Date/Time: Saturday, September 10, 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. See Mrs. Moehr, if interested, or use this link to complete the permission slip!
Catalyst Green Bay Event Teaser Trailer from Dave Razor on Vimeo.

Whipping Up Wellness

Culinary Arts 2 students planned and prepared cookie recipes that met national nutritional standards:

General Standards:

Must meet one of the following:

• Be a whole grain-rich product (at least 50% whole grain by weight or 1st ingredient listed)
• Have a fruit, vegetable, dairy product, or protein food as the first ingredient
• Be a combination food that contains at least ¼ c fruit
• Contain 10% daily value of calcium, potassium, vitamin D, or dietary fiber

Nutrient Standards

Must meet ALL of the following:

• Calories are less than 200 calories
• Fat:
• Less than 35% of calories from fat
• Exemptions: Nuts, seeds, nut/seed butters, dried fruit with nuts or seeds (with no added nutritive sweeteners or fat)
• Less than 10% of total calories from saturated fat
• Exemptions: Nuts, seeds, nut/seed butters, dried fruit with nuts or seeds (with no added nutritive sweeteners or fat)
• 0 g trans fats
• Sodium:
• Less than 200 mg
• Sugar:
• Less than 35% of weight from total sugar

Collaborating with Ms. Mathiessen (Pulaski Community School District Food Service Director), students followed the standards in developing their recipes and then preparing samples for students to try.

Gingerbread Creations Entries and Winner!

Thanks to all who voted for this year's Gingerbread Creations!  The winning entry this year went to #7: Frozen.

Congratulations McKenzie Miller & Amanda Risso for your design!

 

    

Mystery Basket Challenge

Culinary Arts 1 students practice their on-the-fly culinary skills with their Mystery Basket Challenge: Chicken breast, Craisins, Apples, and 2 Knife Cuts.... AND GO!  

Ode to Sandwiches 2015

Green Bay Restaurant Week Kick-Off Event a Success!!!

What is Restaurant Week?

    Green Bay Restaurant Week allows everyone to experience great food and prices that delight your palate and your wallet. This culinary event featured discounted prix fixe menus from 70 area restaurants. Food lovers simply dined out at as many participating restaurants as they liked during Greater Green Bay Restaurant Week July 9-16.

Restaurant Week Kick-Off Event

As an added bonus this year, the event partners graciously created a kick-off event to benefit the two largest high school culinary programs in the area, Pulaski and Preble High Schools.  All food and facilities were donated to the event and all proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the two high school ProStart programs.  

As a friendly competition, each school will have 5 teams of 3 students planning and preparing 2 hors d'oeuvres, 1 hot and 1 cold, totaling 20 different appetizers for event visitors to sample and choose their favorite for the People's Choice Award!  

Results:

The event was a HUGE SUCCESS! Ticket sales were phenomenal and the schools were only 8 tickets apart! Because of Preble's teacher, Laurie Spence, the ticket sales were split evenly.

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association Brown County Chapter donated an additional $1000 to each school's program!

I am just so tremendously grateful for Pulaski's program to be included for this event. It was a new and exciting challenge/opportunity that my students are already plotting for future years (I don't know who they get that competitive spirit from ).  

THANK YOU 

Reinhart Foods

1951/Rock Garden

Wisconsin Restaurant Association- Brown County Chapter 

Green Bay Chamber of Commerce

Join PHS ProStart at Green Bay Restaurant Week Kick-Off Event!!!

Click HERE to order tickets!

What is Restaurant Week?
    Green Bay Restaurant Week (July 9-16) allows everyone to experience great food and prices that delight your palate and your wallet, featuring discounted prix fixe menus from 58 restaurants. 

Restaurant Week Kick-Off Event
    As an added bonus this year, the event partners have graciously offered to develop a kick-off event that will benefit the two largest high school culinary programs in the area, Pulaski and Preble High Schools. Each school will have 5 teams of 3 students planning and preparing 2 hors d'oeuvres, 1 hot and 1 cold, totaling 20 different appetizers for event visitors to sample and choose their favorite for the People's Choice Award!  

Location:  1951 Restaurant, 1951 Bond Street, Green Bay, WI 54303   
Date/Time:  Tuesday, July 7, 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 each (cash bar on-site at event)

           

Click HERE to order tickets!

(same link as above)

Nesco Cooks It Up (and dries it out!) in ProStart Classes

We were incredibly fortunate to have The Metal Ware Corporation (Nesco) Sales Associate/Food Stylist, Ruby Renard, demonstrate a number of their products, including Nesco's griddle/grill, pressure cooker, and dehydrator.  ProStart students were able to see the capabilities of using various cooking methods in a food-service kitchen, as well as understand other employment opportunities available in the industry.  

I would like to give a huge, huge thank you to Ruby Renard and Darlene Schmitz (VP of Sales & Marketing) for donating their time AND equipment to enhance Pulaski High School's ProStart program.  You are amazing! 

Veg out your menu

With the increase of dietary restrictions and vegetarian lifestyles, Culinary Arts 1 students develop vegetarian menus that contain vegan, lacto, ovo, and/or lacto-ovo recipes.
Note: ** Some presentations/recipes may only be available to those in the Pulaski Community School District.
Shoku 

Comfort of Home
The Blue Tomato
Gustoso
Breakfast House

ProStart students tour Shawano Businesses

Six ProStart students had the privilege to attend the NTWC business tour, featuring 3 Shawano businesses, all owned and operated by successful women entrepreneurs-The Farm Inn (Kelly Baumann), ANEW (Cindy Van Belkom) and Body Essentials (Kathy Hansen).  Students learned about starting and owning your own business, leadership as well as the retail and food industries.  Thank you Kathy, Cindy and Kelly for the great tour and for sharing your business insights with our local high school students.  

Ohhhhhh Snap!

Culinary Arts 2 students created SnapGuides to demonstrate various garnishes in the Garde Mange unit. More information regarding SnapGuides can be found here (thanks Clay Reisler! PHS Technology Integration Specialist)


Check out the students' Snap Guides:
Apple Flower (shown in picture)
Chocolate Stringwork
Pineapple Cantaloupe Flower
Lemon Flower

Go with the flow

Culinary Arts 1 students analyzed their recipes through the flow of food in the ProStart Keeping Food Safe chapter. 

ProStart in the News

Please click on this link for an enlightening article about ProStart

Pasta Perfection

Culinary Arts 1 students prepared homemade pasta with skill and patience!

ProStart Invitational 2015

Both ProStart teams had awesome performances and represented Pulaski extremely well at the Wisconsin ProStart Invitational.  Our high school management team took second place in the state with their made-to-order pierogi concept.  It's always great to show off our Polish pride, especially in our food; perhaps one day we'll open this restaurant here in Pulaski :).  Please congratulate Grant Bachman, Bailey Baron, and Morgan VandenLangenberg on their 2nd place win and each receiving over $28,000 scholarships to culinary schools across the country! 

Our culinary team also did an amazing job, with judge comments including having the best poached fruit in the competition, as well as outstanding teamwork & communication.  Please congratulate Emma Bestul, Emilee Hendricks, Natalie Nickerson, and Destiny Prendiville on a great performance.

              

ProStart Cooking It Up Again on Fox11

Pulaski High School ProStart students joined FOX 11’s Pauleen Le in the kitchen as Saturday’s Cooking with You guests.The students shared delicious recipes for Caramel Apple Pierogies and Sautéed Scallops with a Wine Mustard Sauce.

Ice-Box Cookies