Many thanks to our wonderful panel of cooking contest judges!

Ed Bruske, The Slow Cook

Alison Costello,* Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Linda Jo Doctor, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Karen Duncan, National Honorary Co-Chair, Cooking up Change

Chris Ely, Applegate Farms

Denzel Epps, Student, Chicago Vocational Career Academy

Tony Geraci, Baltimore Public Schools

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, Chief Medical Officer in the Office of Public Health and Science at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jill Houk,* Cooking up Change Chicago Co-Chair

Dana Hudson, National Farm to School Network

Jerusha Kempler, Slow Food USA/FoodCorps

Lashonda Livingston, Student, Tilden Career Academy

Shawn Loving, American Harvest Restaurant

Stewart McWilliams,* Mind Body & Spirits

Bob Perry, Univ. of Kentucky College of Agriculture

Helen Phillips, School Nutrition Association

Margie Saidel, Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality

Jimmy Schmidt,* Rattlesnake

Jose Tena, Jr., Student, Richards Career Academy High School

Christie Vilsack, National Honorary Co-Chair, Cooking up Change

*Also served as judges for round one of the competition