The Cooking Contest

CIEE hosts a cooking contest once a year as an opportunity for students to share some of their cultural dishes with their host family. Not only do students get to share their culture with their American family, but it is also a great way to spend quality time together!

CIEE will contact you throughout the year to let you know when the contest is going to take place. In the meantime, check out with past USA High School participants have cooked up for their host families!

2010 Cookbook

Thanks to all of you that participated in the 2010 USA High School Cultural Cooking Contest, we had many great entries, and of course it was hard to choose winners with so many delicious recipes and stories to choose from!

Download the cookbook (pdf) with this year’s recipes from around the world!

2010 Winners

Congratulations to Samapoorn – First Place Winner for Khow Pad Goong (Thai Shrimp Fried Rice) As first place winner she will receive a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com.

‘Food is love and you will love this dish!’

Congratulations to Anya for her Russian tiger salad recipe!

As second place winner she will receive a $50 gift certificate to iTunes.

Congratulations to Robert, maker of both a German gulasch dinner and crispy apple dessert!

As third place winner he will receive a $50 gift certificate to iTunes.

2009 Winners

Winner: Manatsanan (Thailand)

2nd place: Keya (Bangladesh)

3rd place: Dawon (South Korea)

2009 Cookbook

Thanks to all of you that participated in the 2009 USA High School Cultural Cooking Contest, we had many great entries, and of course it was hard to choose winners with so many delicious recipes and stories to choose from!

Download the cookbook (pdf) with the winning recipes and more!