APPLICATION: COLLEGE
Enter the Contest!

Please complete the form below to enter the first round of Cooking up Change!

Before beginning your application, please review the Contest Checklist and gather the necessary materials. You can find a complete set of contest documents at the documents page. For more background on the contest, please visit the college overview page.

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About Your Team
Team Captain / Contact Person
Name
Age
 
Email
Phone
Type
 
Team Member #2
Name
Age
 
Email
Phone
Type
Team Member #3
Name
Age
 
Email
Phone
Type
 
College / University
College Name
Address
City
 State
Main Phone
  

* Please note: If team is selected to travel to Detroit for Cooking up Change finals, additional information will be required including emergency contact, home address, etc.
Supplementary Questions
These questions will be used to understand the process by which teams developed their recipes and the extent to which this was a student-led process that actively engaged all members of the student team. Please answer each question in one to three sentences. In total, these questions are worth 20 of the 75 points possible in the first round of the contest.
 
1. What was your inspiration for this lunch?
 
2. Describe the stages of revision that your team went through during the recipe development process.(What system did you use to evaluate, document, and improve your recipes? How did you decide that the recipes you submitted were the final versions?)
 
3. Which ingredient(s) in your recipes are locally sourced? Where did these items come from? Be as specific as possible, including name and location of farm if possible.
 
4. What was your biggest challenge in creating this meal?
 
5. Did your lunch meet the nutritional guidelines the first time you analyzed it? If not, what adjustments did you make to meet the requirements?
 
6. What interests you about creating a healthy meal?
 
7. What about your creation do you think will appeal to your fellow students?
 
8. Who did you contact from your college’s foodservice provider? Please provide contact name, company name, position, email address and phone number.
 
9. Does your college’s foodservice subscribe to nutritional guidelines? If so, what are they?
 
10. How does your school’s nutrition policy differ from the Cooking up Change nutrition requirements?
 
Contest Documents
Please submit your recipes using the Standard Recipe Form.
Recipe: Entrée

Recipe: Side #1

Recipe: Side #2

 
Please submit nutrition data for each recipe. Recipes must meet the Nutritional Requirements.
For details on how to create your nutrition label, click here.
Nutrition label for entrée

Nutrition label for side #1

Nutrition label for side #2

 
Photos
Please submit 5-10 photos of your lunch, your preparation and your team.
Total combined size of all photos may not exceed 5MB.
Photo #1

Photo #2

Photo #3

Photo #4

Photo #5

Photo #6

Photo #7

Photo #8

Photo #9

Photo #10

Thank you!

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