The 2025 Canowindra Hospitality Inter-Schools Competition is in its third year, and the founding teachers, Karen Stuttle and Tammy Nash, Hospitality teachers from Canowindra High School, could not be happier with the outcome.

This year, the overall 2025 Canowindra Hospitality Inter-Schools Competition winner was Emma Chimenti from Orange High School.

Karen Stuttle, an ex-industry professional, now trained teacher, realised after moving here from Sydney, that our Central West students would benefit from hosting a competition on site at school, to experience the high standards from their like-minded peers.

Karen said it is so much more than a cooking competition.

"It is an opportunity to learn from each other, receive praise and recognition from industry judges and achieve in a subject that celebrates their high potential and giftedness in this area," she said.

"Being able to hone their particular skills and interests in this competition, gives them an opportunity to shine, in this academic area, in the same way that sports competitions do."

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