1. 2012-2013 Culinary
Kickoff!!!
Challenge Activities

2. Welcome to JTED Culinary Arts!
• Locate the pair to the card you were given at
the door. Write your name on the scrap of
colored construction paper on your desk.
• If you have completed your enrollment
paperwork, you will stay in the classroom for
JTED Olympics!
• If you do not have your enrollment paperwork
completed you will join Ms. Wilsey in the
Dining Room to fill out the necessary
information and will join us tomorrow for
more JTED Olympics!

3. Objectives
• Students will be able to:
• Create a structure as a team.
• Communicate effectively with group
members to complete team building tasks.
• Demonstrate time management skills.

4. Olympics Mission
• Encourage and support ethics in sports.
• Act against any form of discrimination.
• Encourage the spirit of fair play.
• Blend sport with culture and
education.
How does this apply to Culinary Arts?

5. Olympics
Who’s Winning?
http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-
count/

6. Now… for our Culinary Events:
Rules
• Meet with your team members (Based on
paper squares- Blue, Black, Red, Yellow,
Green)
• Do not start events until instructed to do so.
• When the instructor signals, stop what you
are doing and listen for further instructions.
• Demonstrate good sportsmanship at all
times!
• Have fun!

7. Trivia
• Answer the Olympic Trivia Questions.
• When you are finished, put your pencil/pen
away and turn your paper over.
• Further instructions will follow!

8. Competition #4
Puzzle
• Objective: assemble puzzle as a group in the
time allowed (3 min.).
• Supplies: puzzles
• Skills: accuracy, sportsmanship,
teamwork, concentration, time
management

9. Hitting the Target
• Objective: Points are earned for dropping
straws into bottles.
• Four chairs with seats facing participants.
Kneel on chair and attempt to drop straws
into bottle on floor without leaning or going
below back of chair. Only drop one straw at
a time and hand must not go below the top of
the chair
• 10 straws given to each person for their
attempt.
• At the end of 3 minutes, bottles are collected
to count total number of straws.

10. Competition #2
Straw Drop
• Objective: drop the most straws into bottles
from the distance of one chair height in the time
allowed (3 min.).
• Supplies: straws and bottles
• Skills:
precision, sportsmanship, concentration, time
management

11. Competition #1
Marshmallow and Spaghetti Tower
• Objective: build the tallest tower using the
items supplied in the time allowed (10
min.).
• Supplies: marshmallows and spaghetti
• Skills: teamwork, sportsmanship, effective
use of supplies, time management,
communication

12. Competition #3
Spoon/Dice Race
• Objective: rotating around the table, roll the pair
of dice, collecting a spoon by rolling pair of “4’s”.
the team that collects the most amount of
spoons in the time (1 min.) allowed wins.
• Supplies: dice and spoons
• Skills: sportsmanship, time
management, speed

13. Key Pad Challenge
• Objective: Get as many members of your team
to complete numbered sequence in 3 minutes.
• 3 x 3 post-it are numbered 1-30 and placed
randomly on large poster paper.
• Individuals will be lined up 10 feet from wall. At
the signal, individuals will race to “key pad” and
tap numbers in sequence, calling out numbers
as they touch. If they hit a number out of
sequence, they must start over. At 30, individual
raises both hands in the air before the next
person runs to “key pad” to begin.
• The activity will be timed for 3 minutes.

14. Stacking it Up
• Using several red delicious apples,
participants must stack the apples end on
end to create a tower that is 5 apples high.
• The tower must remain standing for 3
seconds.
• Individuals will be asked to tally all
successfully stacks.

15. Closure
• What competition did your team do best in?
Explain your reasoning.
• Did everyone participate fair and ethically?
Explain your response.
Prior to dismissal-leave one card taped to
desk, turn it’s match in to Ms. Quattro. Turn in
ALL markers. Make sure tower tables are
clean, puzzles unassembled, and straws are in
their bags for the next class.