Kamakshi Culinary College, Verna, Goa organised a cooking competition for students in our own campus at St. Xavier's HSS, Mapusa, on 1st October 2025 in the Bakery & Confectionery Lab.
It was the preliminary round of the finals to follow in November '25 wherein students could prepare a dish at home and present in school. There were two categories of cooking. 1) Hot Kitchen and 2) Dessert Making.
From the General Stream there were 5 participants in the dessert making competition namely:-
- Ms. Himani Thakur
- Ms. Sarah Saldanha
- Ms. Sharon Lobo
- Mr. MacLeander D'Costa
- Ms. Shelsta
From the Vocational (Bakery & Confectionery) department participants in the Hot kitchen Category were as follows:-
- Ms. Valencia Fernandes
- Ms. Sean Fernandes
- Mr. Liam Dias
- Mr. Cayden D'Souza
- Mr. Dastagir Nadaf
The winners who have qualified for the finals rounds are:-
- Ms. Valonia Fernandes (General Stream- for dessert category)
- Ms. Valencia Fernandes (Vocational Stream for Hot Kitchen category)
- Mr. MacLeander D'Costa ( Vocational Stream for dessert category)