Competition

Each spring, ProStart students from across Michigan compete in the Michigan ProStart® Competition – a two day event with culinary, management/entrepreneurship, ServSafe knowledge bowl, and nutrition/marketing components. Industry professionals, as well as leading college and university instructors, judge the different components. The winning team in culinary and management/entrepreneurship are sent to the National ProStart® Invitational to compete against other teams from across the country. Thousands of dollars in scholarship money is awarded at both the state and national level.   

The Michigan ProStart® Competition is the highlight of the year for many students across Michigan. Teams will meet in Frankenmuth on March 12-13, 2017, for this annual culinary and management competition, hosted by the Michigan Restaurant Association Educational Support Foundation (MRA ESF).  The Michigan ProStart Competition will take place at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, Frankenmuth. 

Michigan Winners

Year  Culinary Management
2002      Plymouth-Canton Educational Park      Mason Lake ISD
2003 Van Buren Technology Center Mason Lake ISD
2004 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Calhoun Area Careers Center
2005 Fruitport High School Pioneer High School
2006 Fruitport High School
Mason Lake ISD
2007 Fruitport High School
Calhoun Area Careers Center
2008 Fruitport High School
Mason Lake ISD
2009 Fruitport High School
Calhoun Area Careers Center
2010 LISD TECH Center Mason Lake ISD
2011 LISD TECH Center Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
2012 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Mason Lake ISD
2013 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Branch Area Careers Center
2014 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Branch Area Careers Center
2015 LISD TECH Center Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
2016 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Saginaw Career Complex

National Placement

Year  Place    Culinary  Place   
Management
2002    4 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park   Mason Lake ISD
2003   Van Buren Technology Center  2 Mason Lake ISD
2004  1 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park   Calhoun Area Career Center
2005   Fruitport High School   Pioneer High School
2006  2 Fruitport High School
 11 Mason Lake ISD
2007  4 Fruitport High School
 6 Calhoun Area Career Center
2008  2 Fruitport High School
 8 Mason Lake ISD
2009  14 Fruitport High School
 17 Calhoun Area Career Center
2010  20 LISD TECH Center  10 Mason Lake ISD
2011  7 LISD TECH Center  4 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
2012  2 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park  6 Mason Lake ISD
2013  10 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park     19 Branch Area Careers Center
2014  6 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park  7 Branch Area Careers Center
2015  12 LISD TECH Center  5 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
2016  2 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park  4 Saginaw Career Complex
 

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