Success with creative ideas, diverse knowledge and strong nerves
street. Boltin. The Federal Prize for Home Economics was recently held at the Agricultural Technical School (LFS) in Bruck an der Glocknerstrasse (Salzburg). Seven teams from Austria and South Tyrol participated. The Unterleiten Technical School team took third place with a brilliant performance and were beaten only by the winners from LFS Winklhof (Salzburg) and the runner-up from the Agricultural Education Center (ABZ) Hagenberg (Upper Austria).
“The Federal Home Economics Prize provides students with a suitable platform to showcase their creative ideas in kitchen management and service. In addition, professional home management with product improvement, diverse cuisine, economic thinking and digital competence will be introduced to the general public,” emphasizes State Counselor for Education Christiane Tischl Hofmeister, who warmly congratulates Young talent from Ypstal. “This success has been made possible through diverse knowledge, practical skills and outstanding performance. The three students also showed strong nerves, which is a decisive criterion in competitions. “The bronze medal is a good confirmation that valuable educational work is being done in agricultural schools in Lower Austria to prepare young people For professional life in the best possible way,” said Tichel Hofmeister.
Students demonstrated home economics skills
“The competition makes an important contribution to promoting the younger generation in the field of professional home management. “The young people showed team spirit and demonstrated home management skills related to business management,” emphasizes school inspector Agnes Karpf-Riegler.
“At the Federal Home Economics Prize, participants competed in the categories ‘Diversity on our plates’, ‘A piece of home’ and ‘Comprehensiveness in Home Economics.’” Director Gertrud Grünstedl from LFS Unterleiten explains: “We had to prepare finger food from a shopping cart.” Provided for the buffet and mixing non-alcoholic cocktails.” “For this purpose, attractive floral decorations for the tables and gifts were created based on the slogan ‘Piece of Home’. Finally, the students served the buffet to the guests. “The teams also created a video about it and posted it on social networks,” Grönstedl said. Coordination and organization within the team, as well as professionalism and presentation, were evaluated by an external judging panel.
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