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Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival

September 14-17, 2023

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Junior Chef Challenge

Step aside seasoned chefs, it’s time for the next crop of aspiring chefs to test their culinary chops at the Junior Chef Challenge sponsored by Harvest Wholesale and hosted by celebrity Chef Corbin Tomaszeski.

Get ready for an awe-inspiring display of kitchen skills and creativity as young culinary masters compete to win a whopping $1,000 cash prize in this live-action challenge.

Watch as five youth aged 11 to 17 transform raw ingredients into mouth-watering, gorgeous culinary creations showcasing PEI shellfish, including mussels, oysters, lobster and clams. There’ll be a twist ingredient the junior chefs must incorporate into their dishes.

And what’s a competition without a race against the clock? The junior chefs will have just 45 short minutes to prepare a shellfish masterpiece and win the judges over with their creativity, plate presentation and, or course, inspired tastes. The winner takes home the cash prize AND bragging rights as the Junior Chef Champion!

2023 Junior Chef Challenge Competitors

Christopher Saad

Charlottetown, PEI
Age 17

Ethan MacKinnon

Stratford, PEI
Age 17

Maxx Daley

Charlottetown, PEI
Age 11

Oliver Vo

Charlottetown, PEI
Age 17

Tom Power

Cornwall, PEI
Age 15

2022 Junior Chef Challenge

Seamus Fay – $1,000

2022 Junior Chef Challenge Competition

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