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Cooking with Fire in a High School Culinary Class (neaToday)

October 16, 2024

a frying pan with fire in it on the stoveChef Ron Ossi’s classroom at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, N.J., is sizzling! Five of his students—Nellie Beato, Soleil Colon, José Dominguez, Jayden Gonzalez, and Leslie Minaya—won the state’s ProStart competition. Their luscious three-course meal, including a five-layer dessert, was cooked entirely on two propane stoves in just 60 minutes. No running water. No electricity. Hear from Ossi and the young chefs on what they’re doing to prepare for nationals and life beyond high school.

Listen to this story on neaToday, originally posted May 21, 2024.

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