LAPLACE – The St. Charles Catholic High School’s is holding Alumni Association announce its Second Annual Alumni Cook-off in conjunction with our Homecoming activities on Oct. 26.  

The Alumni Association is seeking entrants for this year’s contest and asks that all those interested in participating contact the school to officially sign up. Entry forms are available on SCC’s website and are due by Friday, Oct. 19.

The head chef must be an SCC alumni, and contestants must supply their own ingredients or secure a sponsor to pay for the ingredients. The contestants will also supply all of their own cooking and serving utensils.  

Food may be cooked offsite but should be cooked on Friday, Oct. 26. All entries must be complete, delivered to St. Charles Catholic High School, and ready to be served by 5:30 p.m. Chefs wishing to cook on SCC grounds are welcome to do so but no one will be allowed to begin cooking before 9 a.m. Cooking booths will be selected on a first come, first served basis.

Any ingredient that accompanies a dish, such as rice or pasta, must be provided by the contestant if applicable, however, these items may be prepared off site. Each contestant must cook a recipe that will produce 100 servings.

Each contestant will be assigned a contestant’s number by the chief scorekeeper and be given containers in which their entry will be collected in time for the official judging.  Each contestant should make certain that the number on the bottom of the container is the same as their contestant’s number assigned to them by the scorekeeper.  

After samples to be judged have been collected, an announcement will be made to start serving the public at approximately 5:30 p.m. Contestants or their designees must serve their dish until 7:30 p.m. or until their pot is empty. First place and an Overall Judge’s Award will be awarded.  Alumni President Brock Anderson, class of 1996, is the chairperson for this upcoming SCC event.

For more information or to sign up, visit www.stcharlescatholic.org or email Courtney Millet at millet.court

ney@stcharlescatholic.org. Registration forms are available on-line or in the school’s front office.