Culinary students to cook in statewide competition

Petersburg High School's advanced culinary arts students will be cooking at the ProStart culinary competition in Anchorage this spring.

The nationally recognized program brings student chefs from around the state where they'll form teams and cook a three-course meal in one hour.

Louise Lindley, culinary arts teacher, said she's gearing her class up for the tough competition.

"They'll have 20 minutes to set up their station and they have one hour to execute two identical recipes," Lindley said. "It's pretty tough and we're going to be practicing quite a bit for it."

Lindley took her advanced cl...