KANNAPOLIS â Three A.L. Brown seniors just won a statewide cooking competition they were seriously considering quitting.
Sarah Bandy, Keneisha Smalls and Jocelyn Taylor took home first place last week in the 2021 North Carolina Annual SkillsUSA Showcase in Culinary Arts with their wedding cake. The three seniors put countless hours of hard work into the competition and â at times â maybe too much work.
Sarah Bandy, from left, Jocelyn Taylor and Keneisha Smalls won the 2021 North Carolina SkillsUSA Showcase in Culinary Arts with their wedding cake. Thomas Lott, Independent Tribune
âThey would get so stressed,â said Tyler Williams, A.L. Brownâs food and nutrition and culinary arts and hospitality instructor and SkillsUSA adviser. âThere were a couple of times where it was so much. Itâs their senior year, theyâve got a lot going on, and they really were ready to give up.