OREGON, Ill.—This year’s Ogle County 4-H Food Decorating Contest was held at the Ogle County Farm Bureau in Oregon on Tuesday, June 17. From colorful frostings to fondant designs and edible decorations, these young bakers demonstrated a wide range of decorating techniques. Whether they're beginners, intermediate, or advanced decorators, all levels of 4-H participants showed off their decorating skills in front of a judge. This event was open to the public to attend.
Top of Class Food Decorating, Beginning .....................................................................................
.................................................................Mackenzie Taylor, Hub Hickory Nuts 4-H Club (Kings)
Top of Class Food Decorating, Intermediate .................................................................................
............................................................ Alayna Doane, Mighty Clovers 4-H Club (Davis Junction)
Top of Class Food Decorating, Advanced .....................................................................................
................................................. Elizabeth Kennedy, Hub Hickory Nuts 4-H Club (Davis Junction)
Grand Champion Food Decorating Exhibit ...............................................................................
............................................................ Alayna Doane, Mighty Clovers 4-H Club (Davis Junction)
Reserve Grand Champion Food Decorating Exhibit……….. ....................................................
.................................................................Mackenzie Taylor, Hub Hickory Nuts 4-H Club (Kings)
| PHOTO: L to R: Alayna Doane, Mackenzie Taylor, Elizabeth Kennedy, and Anna Herring. |
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.