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🥈 2nd Place for Davies Hospitality!

Posted Date: 04/21/26 (02:00 PM)
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A group of culinary students and their chef instructor pose for a photo in front of an American flag holding their silver medals.

Our Hospitality Careers students—Aeona Lahousse, Raffi Mnatsakanian, Mario Nestor, and Jayden Cabral—brought home a silver medal at the Seafood Cook-off at Tides in Warwick on April 15! Missing first place by a narrow 2-point margin, the team’s dedication was on full display:

“Coming up with the idea for our squid recipe took over a month to test different dishes and techniques... We decided on using our soy squid recipe and making it into a gochujang based sauce.”

After weeks of testing and intense competition-day prep—including candying oranges and frying shallots—the team delivered a dish the judges loved. While we narrowly lost to Westerly, we are incredibly proud of our achievements and can’t wait to go back for the win next year!

Go Patriots!

The finished competition dish: Gochuchang Soy Squid served with rice and green beans. Davies culinary students in chef hats and aprons working at a kitchen station preparing sample bowls. Two students carefully plating individual servings in a commercial kitchen environment. Raffi Mnatsakanian posing with the silver medal. Aeona Lahousse and Raffi Mnatsakanian holding their awards. Aeona and Raffi smiling at the competition venue. Aeona Lahousse posing with her medal. Raffi Mnatsakanian, Mario Nestor, and Jayden Cabral posing together at the Tides event.