After being cancelled once due to snow, the 4th Annual Soup Cookoff went off without a hitch. The competitors from both the Junior and Senior divisions presented their dishes with a flourish to our esteemed panel of judges. The judges for this year's competition were:

Doug Mackey - Executive Chef, Officers' Club, Patuxent River, MD

Sally Brassfield - Oyster Festival Winner and Caterer Extraordinaire

Jack Russell - President of St. Mary's County Commissioners

Dr. Michael Martirano - Superintendent, SMCPS

Junior Division Winners

Cream - Matthew Hale - Cream of Potato and Bacon

Poultry - Cindy Tseng & Victoria Yuen - Chicken Egg Drop Soup

Red Meat - Elisa Volonakis, Zach Crouch,  & Seneca Smollek - Bison Chili

Seafood - Randy Brown & Devahna Steffe - Lobster Bisque

Vegetarian - James Cawley & Hali Pinter - White Chocolate Raspberry

Other - Samantha Townsend & Paula Smith - Posole

People's Choice - Corrine Williams - Incredible Hulk of Crab Soup

Senior Division Winners

Cream - Tammy Hardesty & Charlotte Wood - Creme of Potato

Poultry - Lourdes Porter - Chicken Philly Cheese Steak Soup

Seafood - Ann Marie Morgan - Curried Butternut Shrimp Bisque

Vegetarian - Joyce Farrell - Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Soup

Other - Pat Osborne - Pasta Faggiola w/Sausage

People's Choice - Tammy Hardesty and Charlotte Wood - Creme of Potato

We appreciate everyone who came out in support of SkillsUSA at the Forrest Center. We would especially like to thank our sponsors for this event:

Gold - Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd.

Silver - Dyson Lumber Company

Bronze - Ron and Karon Strickland

These sponsors helped to make this event successful. If you would like to sponsor students for SkillsUSA activities or would like more information about the Forrest Center and programs that we offer, please call us at 301/475-0242.