Arkansas 4-H Food Challenge

Howard County 4-H took 4 teams to the Arkansas 4-H Food Challenge on August 4, 2023. The Food Challenge is a cooking competition run like the popular television show “Chopped.” Youth are given a secret ingredient and must make a dish using that ingredient and try to include all the food groups if possible.

Their Senior Team “Seniors with Spatulas” – Sarah Lamb, Anna Kate McKinnon, and Christian Trombley placed first overall in the senior division. “Howard County Food Choppers” – Abi Webb, Parker Webb, and Ayden Howard placed second in the junior division. Other junior teams that competed were “Spicy Girls” – Emmie Trombley, Ava Jones, Julianna Webb, and Khloe Brewer, “Hungry Boyz” – Warren Jones, Brayden Worthen, and Guy Cooper Kroll.

These two young teams also represented Howard County 4-H extremely well. This is the third year for this competition and Howard County has won the Senior division all three years and placed in the junior division each year as well. Our teams will continue to practice and attend the Mid-South Food Challenge early in 2024 in Memphis.