Northport Students Become Iron Chefs

Students in Northport High School’s Iron Chef class held a cooking competition that focused on the upcoming Super Bowl on Jan. 17, during which they created a unique Super Bowl appetizer.

Principal Dan Danbusky, Assistant Principals Shannon Dantuono and Terrence Hinson and Athletic Director Mark Dantuono served as competition judges. They asked each kitchen team questions and scored the dishes by taste, verbal and visual presentation, and level of difficulty.

Students put their best effort into the dishes, and some did outside research to explain the appeal of their dishes.

“Using an odd number of dishes is more visually pleasing than an even number,” said Emily DeMaio, a member of kitchen three, as they presented their deep friend buffalo chicken mozzarella sticks. “That’s why we distributed our dipping sauce in three bowls instead of four.”

In addition, students were also graded on elements such as time management, kitchen clean up and planning.
Each kitchen was proud of their dish, but all were aware that there could only be one team to win the Iron Chef medal. The ultimate winner of the challenge was the team from kitchen three: students Liana Brady, Emily DeMaio, Jennifer Vladimir, Kailyn Kilroe and Madeline Guarineri.

Story, Photos courtesy of the Northport-East Northport School District :

1. Hard at work on their spicy loaded nachos, students Joe Canavan & Sean Elliot from kitchen four were confident in the excellence of their Iron Chef creation on Jan. 17.
2. Northport High School students Emily DeMaio, Liana Brady,and Jennifer Vladimir were determined to win the Iron Chef competition with their unique Super Bowl appetizer on Jan. 17.
3. Iron Chef Kitchen one presented their Super Bowl appetizer to the judges during the class competition at Northport High School on Jan. 17.