Davie County Schools Culinary Arts/Foods

I've been negligent posting lately, but here are some great 4th period students tending our herb containers in the courtyard! A great way to spend one of our last class periods!!! Thank you again Lowe's of Mocksville for the donation in the fall, and thank you Eli Lindsey, Horticulture teacher at Davie High School, for today's additions!

Another "Shark Tank" in the books! The Food and Nutrition 2 students did a great job with their entrepreneurship project presentations today. It always amazes me how they rise to the challenge!

A huge THANK YOU to our faculty judges! You gotta love a teacher that will give up their entire planning period to support students...and we have some of the best around! I love this county!

I am late posting, but wanted to send a special shout out to Maddie Myers of Maddie Cakes Bakery in Bermuda Run! She visited my Food and Nutrition class combined with Mr. Young's Entrepreneurship class last week to speak about how she started her own business. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights with our students, and for the fabulous cookies you gifted them!

Food and Nutrition 2 completed a Global Cuisines lab today. Dishes included Chicken Scallopini, Swedish Meatballs, Tres Leches Cupcakes, and Armenian Cheese Buns.

A little different class experience today! We had the BEST time filling the school's plant containers in the courtyard with herbs to be used by our Culinary Arts & Hospitality class.

HUGE thank you to Mr. Aaron Fender of Lowe's Home Improvement in Mocksville, NC for the donation of plants and potting soil! We would not have been able to take on this project without your support.

Please go out and support our community partner that was so very generous to us. They have a beautiful array of fall plants to choose from. Contrary to what some may think, this is actually a wonderful time to get some plants in the ground! Herbs that over-winter well are Rosemary, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, and Lavender. The Rosemary plants that were gifted to us are beautiful. We'll keep you updated with their progress!

Another CTE/STEM Business Advisory breakfast in the books! I have to admit, I got a little overzealous with the menu this time, but my kiddos were ROCKSTARS and pulled it all together!

Food and Nutrition students are learning about Kitchen Equipment...what better way to learn than a fun "Tool Hunt!" They learned where everything is at in the lab and also tested their knowledge of equipment. A win win in my book!

More HOCO treats in the works today! Cookies and Cream coming your way!

My NCSPC Teacher Kit arrived today with lots of sweetpotato goodies inside! Thank you North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission, Inc. for making this teacher's day a lot sweeter! ; )

The smell of brownies was heavy in the air the last two days as CA&H prepped some HOCO treats in advance!

Culinary Arts & Hospitality students baked and then shared cookies with our new Davie County High School faculty members today. It's ALWAYS a great day to be a War Eagle!

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Culinary Arts participated in a DCAW-Chopped lab today. They were given a prepped pantry and 20 minutes to prepare their "Best Egg Dish!" I don't know about them, but I loved it! There is definitely some great talent in this class. A huge hank you to 3 CTE superstars, Diane Williams, Kerstin Steinour, and Angela Reeves for donating the beautiful farm-raised eggs! Co-STEM-Teacher Matthew Barker even joined in on the fun!

Do you know what you're really eating? Food and Nutrition 1 students were out to discover how much sugar and fat are REALLY in some of their favorite foods!

Thanks to Mr. Jesse Ledbetter and Mr. Eli Lindsey,, two great CTE teachers at Davie, my Culinary Arts & Hospitality class was able to harvest fresh Basil and make some pretty tasty Pesto today! We enjoyed our work on lightly-toasted garlic bread. YUM...and no vampires with all of that garlic!

Truth! If you haven't tried it yet, consider this your invitation! You're welcome.

Killed Lettuce is a Traditional Appalachian Dish

Great ProStart training today! Chef Eric Brownlee of the the Cardinal Hotel in Winston-Salem dazzled us with a dish of Ras el Hanout Squab Pigeon, Hand-rolled Couscous with Merquez Sausage, Almond, Fig and Harissa Vegetables! He was so humble and provided the educators with wonderful take-aways for students. Please support this awesome chef with your patronage! Thanks as well to McCormick for the spice love!

Great opportunity for DCHS Culinary Arts/Foods students!

Ketchie Creek Bakery and Cafe is looking to fill a few positions in their Mocksville location with some hard-working high schoolers for after-school and Saturday hours. This would be an excellent team to join!

Day #2 of Yeast Breads did not disappoint...I am so proud of these Food and Nutrition 1 students! Many are very new to the kitchen, and to bake yeast breads is no small accomplishment.

Yeast Breads Lab - Day #1. Our doughs have been made and tucked into the cooler for an overnight rest. We're hoping for good things tomorrow.... ; )

Quick Breads Lab!

Focaccia Bread (with art!), Blueberry Muffins, Cheddar Bay Biscuits, and Cranberry-Orange Scones (failed to get a pic of those....) made one busy dish pit!

I always LOVE this lab! I demo making biscuits, students write the recipe as I go, and then they create their own. So much fun and they did a fabulous job!

Catering in December always requires fresh greenery. Thanks again to Krystal for helping out and representing us today!

We had a great time today in our Baking Fundamentals lab! I do believe some of these students are going to be called into biscuit-baking-service at home! : ) They also made Chocolate Chip and Blueberry muffins to compare the two mixing methods for muffins (Muffin and Creaming).

Some of the Heroes of Hope students here at Davie High School were in the lab yesterday baking up tasty treats for the House of Hope Piedmont 2nd Annual Holiday Hope Open House.

Be sure to stop in tomorrow night and support this awesome cause! Special thanks to Bob Bailey for his tremendous work with this group!

Our only Culinary Arts & Hospitality 3 student, Marielle, baked some delicious cinnamon rolls today for her yeast project. Again, I wish you could smell them!

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Cooking Methods Lab today! Students created fabulous dishes with the various cooking methods that they have been studying. They all did a wonderful job.

Quick Beef Stir-Fry, Chicken Piccata, Fish En Papillote, Roasted Vegetables and Poached Pears with homemade Sea Salt Caramel Sauce. I wish you could scratch and sniff!

This is the event that I look forward to as a CTE educator every year! After virtual everything during COVID, we were finally able to have our CTE/STEM Advisory Meeting in-person yesterday. This is such an important event for our students. Thank you to all of the industry leaders that came out! The success of our programs would not be possible without the support of our business community - and our awesome administrative support at the high school and county level.