Keiki chefs: Find new food adventures with video cooking contest

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Young chefs across Hawaiʻi in grades 5-12 are invited to compete in the 4-H "Grow Eat Think (GET) Local" Video Cooking Contest, a competition that teaches about nutrition, food safety, kitchen skills and presentation. Winners will receive an immersive farm and food adventure on Oʻahu, going behind the scenes to learn directly from professionals in the culinary arts and local agriculture.

Budding cooks will create a 5- to 7-minute video preparing a healthy recipe with at least one locally sourced fruit, vegetable or protein. Keiki are encouraged to get creative and explore Hawaiʻi's amazing food choices.

"We are thrilled to offer this engaging contest to Hawaiʻi's young people," said Judy Scoville-Layfield, Hawaiʻi 4-H educational specialist. "It's a fun way to promote healthy eating, support local agriculture, and help young people develop essential life skills. And it's open to all keiki-no 4-H membership needed."

Key dates:

• Registration deadline: March 20
• Video submission due: March 27
• Register online.

This event is sponsored by Hawaiʻi 4-H, the GET Local Healthy Food Systems, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience.

Photos:

GET Local 1: 2025 grand prize winner "Pot of Gold" by Tina of the 4-H Pineapples Club on Hawaiʻi Island, made with mango, dates, walnuts, cacao powder, avocado.

GET Local 2: Winners will get hands-on agricultural and learning opportunities in composting, gardening techniques, harvesting plants for recipes, and garden safety.