Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: Banyan International School bagged 10 spots in cooking competition, organized by Food Craft Institute in which participants from different schools in Jammu presented main course dishes cooked by them.
The adjudicators judged the contestants on the basis of taste, presentation and knowledge regarding their own dish.
12 participants were selected in each category (Junior–Cooking without Fire and Senior–Cooking with Flame), with Banyanites grabbing 3 Senior spots and 7 Junior spots.
In the final, the participants were asked to cook in front of the chefs and were provided with a limited amount of ingredients–as seen in Mystery Box Challenges in Master chef. They were given 2 hours to create a dish out of the ingredients provided.
Parul Tickoo of Banyan International School, a student of Class 10, was declared the winner in the Senior category for her dish of Stuffed Cabbage with Vegetables and Cream Sauce, while Guneet Singh of Banyan International School, a student of Class 6, won 2nd place in the Junior Category for his Grapey Choco Mousse.