ProStart Competitions

  • NPSI, the country’s premier restaurant management and culinary arts competition for high school students, showcased the skills of nearly 400 youths competing for approximately $200,000 in scholarships that will help them advance their educations and fulfill aspirations to become restaurant and hospitality industry professionals.

    ProStart is a two-year curriculum practiced at more than 1,750 high schools and career and technical education centers nationwide. It teaches culinary techniques and restaurant management skills that prepare students for successful industry careers. There are nearly 145,000 ProStart students throughout the United States and Guam.

    We are so proud of the OATC Culinary Arts students who took first place at the ProStart Kansas Invitational, which led to their participation at the National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore, Maryland. The students represented the state of Kansas and the Olathe Public Schools on the national stage due to all of their hard work and amazing performance.

Congratulations OATC Culinary Students

  • The 2024 Kansas ProStart Invitational was held March 15 at the Corporate Hills Wichita Marriott. We are proud of all that the students accomplished.

    Congratulations to the Culinary Team of Konner Ngyuen, Cayden Swena, Brianna Keese, Nate Scroggs, and Molly Lewis for their first-place win in the Culinary Competition.

    Congratulations to the five-member Management Team made up of Maricia Diaz and Micah Overton for their fourth-place finish in the Management Competition. They made a great presentation of their restaurant concept, Tres Marias.

    Congratulations to the OATC Culinary Department and to Chef Philip Shaw and Chef Erica McIntyre for their investment in these fine OATC students.

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