Dozens of people from the Highlands School community came out Saturday for its annual Culinary Arts Cook-Off fundraiser.
Organizers called this year’s main draw – a cookie contest – a “friendly competition” between local amateur and professional chefs.
The entries featured haskap jam, lemon and lime, and a wish, similar to a fortune cookie. Samples were sold for $1.
“We have 12 entries this year – from amateur to professional to professional bakers – and they each bring their cookie creation. We all get to sample it. It was a feeding frenzy in here earlier,” laughed organizer Nickela Anderson. “And then we have a judges room with some professional foodies paired with some students.”
Four awards were to be handed out: overall people’s choice, judges’ choice, kids’ choice and most creative.
Between cookies, attendees could also bid on items in Saturday’s live auction and view those listed in an online …