As 2025 comes to a close, I’m excited to share information about Pomptonian’s 7th Annual Healthy School Lunch Challenge. This challenge was created to honor National Nutrition Month, inspire students to get involved in the kitchen, and spark excitement around creating healthy meals. And this year, high school students have the chance to win $1,000!
Key details include:
• Recipe Submission Deadline: January 19th
• Categories: Pre-K through 5th grade, 6th through 8th grades, and 9th through 12th grades
• Winners: Each category will have two Grand Prize Winners and one Super Grand Prize Winner
• Prizes: Pre-K through 8th grade Super Grand Prize winners will win a KitchenAid mixer
• High School Cook-Off: The top three high school contestants will compete in a live culinary challenge at Driscoll Foods’ professional kitchen, Kitchen 71, on February 20th from 8:30 AM–2:30 PM
We also created a short video explaining the competition: 7th Annual Healthy School Lunch Challenge, and flyers with full details are attached.
To get a sense of the excitement, here is last year’s High School Lunch Challenge Cook-Off video.
Healthy regards,
Toni Marie Bowman, MBA, RDN, SNS
Director of Nutrition Services
Phone – (973) 241-3013
