Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/09/2025
5:30 pm
Location
N.C. Cooperative Extension , Currituck County Center
Categories
The Dinah Gore Healthy Food Challenge is an exciting contest offered by 4-H. The event challenges a team of three to four 4-H members to create a dish that will serve three people using a mystery ingredient, food category and items from a locally sourced pantry. Once the ingredient is revealed, teams have 40 minutes to prepare a dish highlighting that ingredient, clean up their kitchen space and prepare a presentation for the judges. Teams then present their dish (name, ingredients, cooking techniques used etc), health benefits and the nutritional value of the dish to a panel of judges.
Currituck County 4-H is hosting an interest meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday January 9, 2025 for youth ages 8 to 18 interested in participating in the contests. This year a regional qualifying competition has been added to the schedule. The East Region contest is Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Nash County, North Carolina and the top two teams in each age group will qualify to compete at the State contest Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The interest meeting will consist of a program overview and orientation including a “mock” food challenge contest and a review of the schedule, timeline and contest expectations. The follow-on practice sessions will allow participating youth to improve food preparation skills, practice safe food handling, recognize the importance of local seasonal foods and how to make wise food choices, practice teamwork and critical thinking skills and to demonstrate effective communications skills.
Tentative scheduled Practice sessions are:
January 13 & 27 2025
February 10 & 24 2025
March 3, 10 & 17 2025
The East Region Dinah Gore 4-H Healthy Food Challenge will be held in Nash County on Saturday, March 22, 2025. We will develop a schedule of practice sessions for those teams that qualify for the State Competition after this event.
If your child is interested in participating in this program but cannot attend the orientation session, please register them and then contact Sherry Fischlschweiger (contact information below) and arrangements will be made.
All sessions will take place at North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center at 120 Community Way in Barco, North Carolina. There is no charge for this program however registration is required and all participants must be enrolled in 4-H.
To register for the the orientation and overview session visit: https://dinahgore2025.eventbrite.com
For more information or for accommodations for persons with disabilities please contact Sherry Fischlschweiger at 252-232-2262 or email slfischl@ncsu.edu no later than 5 business days before the event.
