Akwamuman SHS wins 2021 Onga Cook Art Cook Competition

The 3rd edition of Onga Cook Art, a second cycle culinary contest came to a successful end with Akwamuman SHS emerging as champions. This was after a fierce clash among 5 contesting finalists in this year’s contest. The competition is an annual event organized by the Ghana Education Service in collaboration with Onga.

With a total score of 92% from both the theory test and cooking competition, the winning school, Akwamuman SHS was presented with a total cash prize of GH¢15,000.00 in addition to products and souvenirs from Onga.

Addressing the gathering at the finale, Marketing Manager for Promasidor (producers of Onga), Mr. Akiem Torsoo, reiterated the need to promote vocational education across the country “The importance of vocational education cannot be overemphasized; the career prospect that comes with these subjects are endless.

It also provides the avenue to market the culture of the country through tourism. Today, there are countries whose economic backbone has been tourism and I believe Ghana can have a piece of this cake. We have a rich culture as a country, we need to take advantage of that” Mr. Torsoo said.

He also expressed commitment by the brand to continually support this noble initiative which he believes gives practical experience to empower students with entrepreneurial skills to build their own businesses in the future.

On his part, Deputy Director for Ghana Education Service in charge of Management and Services Mr. Anthony Boateng expressed his excitement about the event and also encouraged contesting students to study hard and explore career prospects in the culinary industry.

The search for culinary supremacy in this year’s Onga Cook art began with regional competitions across all sixteen(16) regions with 10 schools proceeding to the national competition which was organized at the Presbyterian Boys senior high school.

Alberta Ansah, a contestant from Akwamuman SHS says she believes their dessert; chocolate blakmanche which they served in a caramel basket made their meal stand out. Aburi Girls SHS chalked the 2nd position with a total score of 80% followed by Mfantsiman SHS who came in 3rd with a total score of 76%.