Management team from East Providence Career & Technical High School Takes State Title the Rhode Island ProStart High School Culinary Competition

Supported by the National Restaurant Educational Foundation (NRAEF) ,ProStart® is a career and technical education program focused on teaching culinary arts and restaurant management fundamentals through a combination of classroom and industry instruction. On February 15, 2018, the Management team from East Providence Career & Technical High School competed in the Rhode Island ProStart High School Culinary Competition against 7 other area high schools in a restaurant concept competition and took the state title. The Krazy Kabobs food truck was the concept created by the East Providence team.

They moved on to represent the state of Rhode Island at the National ProStart Invitational held at the Rhode Island Convention Center April 27-29, 2018. This year, nearly 400 student competitors put their skills to the test in front of culinary and restaurant business leaders, family and friends. The top five teams from the culinary and management competitions earned coveted scholarships to continue their restaurant or foodservice education.


The scholarships the team won at states were:
$8,000 over 4 years to Culinary Institute of America
$4,000 over 4 years to Johnson & Wales University
$6,000 over 4 years to New England Culinary Institute
$12,000 over 4 years to International Culinary Schools (Arts Institutes)
$3,000 to Louisiana Culinary Institute
$8,000 over 4 years to Culinary Institute of Virginia
$12,000 over 4 years to Newbury College