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Student Chefs Compete To Create Crazy Concoctions For Fair

High school culinary students were challenged to create crazy concoctions during the annual Fair-Tastic Food Contest.

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Ashley Peeler of FAIR-tastic Foods works with Madison Tucker of Osceola Fundamental High School. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Arianna Fatta of Bloomingdale High School prepares her award-winning Deck-Out Fries. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Natalia Collazo of Durant High School creates Apple Fingers. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Alexis Guyton of Bloomingdale High School won Best of Savory for her Cuban Egg Rolls. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Alexis Guyton got top marks for her Cuban Egg Rolls. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Natalia Collazo's Apple Fingers received a thumbs-up from the judges. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)
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Adrianna Fratta's Deck-Out Fries were a Spirit of the Fair favorite. (Alex McKnight/Florida State Fair)

TAMPA, FL — With just weeks before the start of the 2020 Florida State Fair, high school culinary students were challenged to create crazy concoctions during the annual Fair-Tastic Food Contest.

Each year, the Florida State Fair in Tampa hosts the contest for high school chefs, seeking the best recipes for tasty, fair-friendly foods. Students submitting the winning recipes have the opportunity to showcase their creations in the state fairgrounds demonstration kitchen during the Florida State Fair Feb. 6-17. Additionally, winners receive up to $75 in prize money, tickets, ride armbands for the fair and their winning recipes are included in a digital Florida State Fair Cookbook posted online.

Finalists from Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Manatee county schools participated in the judged event Jan. 11.

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The winners are:

Best of Sweet: Apple Fingers by Natalia Collazo of Durant High School.

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Best of Savory: Cuban Eggrolls by Alexis Guyton of Bloomingdale High School.

Spirit of the Fair: Decked-Out Fries by Adrianna Fratta of Bloomingdale High School.

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