Healthy Cooking Challenge for Students

Happy New Year! I hope this email finds you well as we kick off 2025.

As promised, I am reaching out regarding Pomptonian’s 6^th Annual Healthy School Lunch Challenge, an initiative designed to treat the cafeteria as an extension of the classroom while celebrating National Nutrition Month. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get students involved in the kitchen and excited about creating healthy meals.

Here are key details:

•   Students are invited to submit a healthy recipe by February 24^th.

•   Submissions will be divided into three categories: Pre-K through 5^th grade, 6^th through 8^th grades, and 9^th through 12^th grades.

•   For each category, we’ll select two Grand Prize Winners and one Super Grand Prize Winner.

•   The top three high school contestants will compete in a cooking challenge at Driscoll Foods in their professional kitchen on March 7^th from 8:30AM-2:30PM.

We created a short video detailing the competition: 6^th Annual Healthy School Lunch Challenge. Additionally, attached to this email are flyers with all of the details of the challenge.

I’d love for you to check out last year’s High School Lunch Challenge Cook-Off video and take a look back at one of our Super Grand Prize Winners: Healthy School Lunch Challenge Winner: Antonella Marinelli. If there is a culinary program in your district, we would love for you to forward this information to the teacher or advisor in charge.

Let me know if you have any questions or need further details, I’d be happy to assist!

Healthy regards,

Toni Marie Bowman, MBA, RDN, SNS

Director of Nutrition Services

Phone – (973) 241-3013