Saturday, March 5, 2011

Celebrations!

Jeremy's fire department in Cripple Creek had their first annual awards banquet.
Dalton and Jeremy were in the academy together. Dalton and his wife Tessa are great friends and we love their girls too!!

A guy on Jeremy's shift Tyler and his family made the cake for the banquet. It was pretty fun!
Jeremy and his Chief after being given an award for his contributions to health and safety. He leads all of the physical fitness for the academies as well as monitoring the overall health of the department and working with each of the shifts.
The ice sculptures were about a week old at this point but still made main street look pretty cool.
Sarah competed in the State Prostart competition with her team from Standley Lake. The competition was at Johnson and Whales in Denver where Sarah is planning to go to college in the fall. Below was her team walking around the campus before their turn to cook. They were in the last group of the day.
Their station is set and they are waiting to prep. They were mentored by Chef Troy Gaurd who owns Tag restaurant on Larimer Square.
Let the games begin! They had one hour to complete an appetizer, entree, and dessert. The team worked flawlessly. Sarah was the team captain and did an awesome job encouraging each of her team members. She was an awesome leader.
It was so nerve wracking watching the team work. They were amazing and so focused!
Here are the final dishes.


They won second place in the culinary competition. Their management team won 3rd place for their restaurant design.
Both of their teams combined scores won them first place over all for the whole competition!! They took home the hospitality cup and $500 for their school. Each student also won scholarships!



Congrats Sarah!! We are so proud of you for all your hard work!!

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