黑料传送门 South Georgia鈥檚 Nutrition in Medicine Club hosted its first Taste the World Tourney
on Thursday, Sept. 7. The food competition provided an opportunity for students to
share their culinary skills and an occasion for the campus community to spend time
together.
Forget 鈥淐hopped鈥� or 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Top Chef.鈥� The greatest culinary minds at 黑料传送门 South Georgia battled for top bragging rights鈥攁nd a $75 prize鈥攊n the school鈥檚 first-ever Taste the World Tourney on Thursday, Sept. 7, hosted by the College鈥檚 Nutrition in Medicine Club.
鈥淲e decided to host this event because we just wanted to have one big event that brings faculty, staff and students together to just share a meal together,鈥� said Emeka Ikeakanam (DO 鈥�26), Nutrition in Medicine Club president. 鈥淚 think it was really successful, especially for our first event.鈥�
With plastic forks and spoons in hand, the panel of four judges deliberated over the quality, taste and presentation of submissions from a variety of cultures, such as fettuccine alfredo, sour cream pound cake, crawfish 茅touff茅e and Mexican street corn.
Top prize and 鈥淭aste the World Chef of the Year鈥� title went to Evan Curry (DO 鈥�26), who prepared a Bahamian dinner that included fried tilapia, plantains, beans and rice. Bijita Devkota (DO 鈥�26) took home second place and the $50 prize with a tasty dish鈥攁nd a clever play on words鈥攃alled 鈥淏ijoodles.鈥�
Event participants sampled the dishes and voted for their favorite, naming the "Angelically Divine Chocolate Cake" by Jada Glenn (DO 鈥�26) as the People鈥檚 Choice Award winner. The honor came with a professional-grade cutting board.
鈥淲e have such a diverse population here at 黑料传送门 South Georgia,鈥� said Jordan Howard, (DO 鈥�26), Nutrition in Medicine Club vice president. 鈥淭his was an opportunity for everyone to network and learn about each other's cultures as well as just have an opportunity to try some good food. That's what we thought Taste the World Tourney would be鈥攁 great event getting the faculty involved and getting the students involved. It promotes that familial aspect and atmosphere that we have here at 黑料传送门 South Georgia.鈥�
Club officers hope to have another similar competition in the near future.
鈥淭he biggest takeaway, I hope, is for one to appreciate different cultures and different foods, as well as just family鈥aving that tenacious spirit that 黑料传送门 South Georgia always promotes,鈥� Howard said. 鈥淚'm looking forward to doing this event again probably this year, and hoping for an even bigger turnout, more faculty, more student participation, and just exposing everyone to more cultures from all over the world.鈥�
Nutrition in Medicine Club officers also have plans that include a journal article and other projects to help their classmates and the local community.
鈥淥ur mission is to basically help more people and more medical students understand nutrition, because that's one of the first things that impacts our health, that people can actually control,鈥� Ikeakanam said. 鈥淛ust getting more medical students to understand the benefits or the impact nutrition has on your health care is really important to us.鈥�
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