A student of an Abbotsford culinary arts program earned a silver medal at the recent 15th annual Hot Competition Live hosted by the B.C. Chefs’ Association.
Katherine Barclay was among 26 students in the post-secondary category of the contest, which was part of the BC Food Service Expo on Jan. 30 and 31 in Vancouver. This was the second consecutive year that she won a silver medal.
Contestants had to prepare two dishes in 30 minutes, using tuna as the protein. Barclay’s dish was a modern interpretation of the classic tuna nicoise.
Students were also required to submit a recipe breakdown and nutrition analysis using Health Check criteria as stipulated by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Barclay is a student at Cascade Culinary Arts School, which runs out of Cascade Community Church on DeLair Road.