4-H Cotton Commodity Cookery Contest winners announced

The 2013 4-H Cotton Food Festival got off to a great start at the 19th Annual Cotton Festival 4-H Cotton Commodity Cookery Contest held Wednesday, October 9, at the Ville Platte Civic Center. Seventy-six dishes were entered in the Ground Beef, Seafood and Sugar contests, and there were three entries in the Ambassador contests, which are sponsored by Evangeline Parish Cattleman’s Association, the Louisiana Cotton Festival Association, Mikey’s Donuts and the Evangeline Parish 4-H Foundation.
Parish winners in the Beef Cookery were:
Low Calorie: Laura Elnaggar, Pine Prairie Elementary fourth grade, with Italian Beef and Egg Plant.
One Dish Meal: Sarah Butler, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade, with Mexican Cornbread.
Quick and Easy Main Dish: Hallie Daire, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade, with Asian Lettuce Wraps.  
Parish winners in the Seafood Cookery were:
Crab: Kylie LeBas, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade, with Cold Crab Dip.
Shrimp: Jake Manuel, Vidrine Elementary fifth grade, with No Roux Seafood Gumbo.
Fish and Other Seafood: Annabeth Briley, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade, with Catfish with Cardinal Sauce.
Crawfish: Ava Shiver, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade, with Cajun Crawfish Dip.  
Parish winners in the Sugar Cookery were:
Baked: Whitney Ledoux, Ville Platte High eighth grade, with Italian Cream Cake.
Non-baked: MacKenzie Maier, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade, with World’s Best Turtles.    
The Commodity Ambassador Contest winners were:
Seafood Ambassador, Division I: Silas Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade.
Seafood Ambassador, Division II: Gabrielle Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade.
Sugar Ambassador, Division I: Karina Parks, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade.
The Ground Beef, Seafood and Sugar parish winners will represent Evangeline Parish in the Regional 4-H Cookery contests, which will be held in Crowley in April of 2014. Commodity Ambassador winners will represent Evangeline Parish in the state contest, which will be in held in Baton Rouge in April of 2014.    
Other winners in the Beef Cookery categories were:   
Low Calorie Division:
Blue Ribbon Winners - Benjamin Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Zoey Rider, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; and Elise Mire, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade.
One Dish Meal:
Blue Ribbon Winners: Layla Hall, Mamou Elementary fourth grade; and Triston Courville, Vidrine Elementary fifth grade.  
Quick and Easy Main Dish:  
Blue Ribbon Winners: Justine Ardoin, Ville Platte High sixth grade; Linsey Ardoin, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade; and Alyssa Nezat, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade.     
Other winners in the Seafood Cookery categories were:
Crab:  
Blue Ribbon Winners: Kathryn Bergeron, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; and Kennady Ardoin, Ville Platte High seventh grade.  
Shrimp:
Blue Ribbon Winners: Sarah Butler, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade; Madison Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade; and Iyana Freeman, Ville Platte High seventh grade;  Red Ribbon:  Catherine Bergeron, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; and Kali Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade.   
Crawfish:
Blue Ribbon Winners: Adam Soileau, Vidrine Elementary fifth grade; and Elayne Elnaggar, Bayou Chicot Elementary seventh grade.
Red Ribbon Winner: Silas Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Chrisanna Ortego, Sacred Heart Elementary fifth grade; Madison Darbonne, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade; Hailey Arnaud, Sacred Heart Elementary fifth grade; Alyssa Nezat, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade; Olivia Courville, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade; and Victoria Robert, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade.
Other Sugar Cookery winners were:
Baked:
Blue Ribbon Winners: Carleigh Soileau, Bayou Chicot Elementary fourth grade; Angel Menier, Mamou High sixth grade; Destiny Menier, Mamou High fifth grade; Emily Deshotel, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade; Emma Vidrine, Sacred Heart Elementary fifth grade; Jeanne-Marie Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; Lilly Guillory, Pine Prairie Elementary fourth grade; Gabrielle Lafleur, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; Amanda Bergeron, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; Karina Parks, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; Chrisanna Ortego, Sacred Heart Elementary fifth grade; Silas Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Payton Floyd, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; Carley Cloud, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Courtney Cloud, Sacred Heart Elementary 12th grade; Lindsey Ardoin, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade; Elise Mire, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; Emma Johnson, home school sixth grade; Ian Johnson, home school fourth grade; Sydni Ortego, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; Kayra Fontenot, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade; Olivia Courville, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade; Iyana Freeman, Ville Platte High seventh grade; Alaina Jack, Vidrine Elementary sixth grade; Tristin Courville, Vidrine Elementary fifth grade; Jada Jack, Vidrine Elementary fifth grade; Annabeth Briley, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; Andre’ Tate, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade; and Jhvaylee Jack, Vidrine Elementary seventh grade.  
Non-baked:
Blue Ribbon Winners: Sarah Butler, Bayou Chicot Elementary sixth grade; MacKenzie Maier, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; Ella-Grace miller, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Lataivia O’Neil, Ville Platte Elementary fourth grade; Camille Bergeron, Sacred Heart High ninth grade; Carley Cloud, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Madison Courville, Vidrine Elementary fourth grade; Zoey Rider, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Anna Drago, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade; Julianne Reed, Sacred Heart Elementary seventh grade; and Colline Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade.  
Red Ribbon Winners: Hallie Daire, Sacred Heart Elementary eighth grade; Lainey Ardoin, Sacred Heart Elementary sixth grade; and Caroline Fontenot, Sacred Heart Elementary fourth grade.
Special thanks are extended to those who served as judges for the cookery contest: Sonia Ardoin, Donald Bergeron, Heather Bogard, Darlene Bolfa, Pat Derouselle, Hilda Edwards, Jesse Fontenot, Keith Fontenot, Nelda Fontenot, Sharon Fontenot, Robbie Hutchins, Betsy Jackson, Rod Lafleur, David Ortego, Fred Phillips, Frenella Saucier, Elaine Savant, Robert Savant and Sarah Webb; and to Raymond Guillory, the commodity ambassador contest judge.