The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand Announces The Five Winners Of The Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest
Five Winners are Each Awarded $30,000 for a School Cafeteria Makeover and $15,000 Cash Grand Prize for Cooking Together as a Family, Inspiring Their Communities
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, the number-one selling brand of rice in the United States, today named five grand prize winners of its third annual Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, a program aimed at bringing parents and their kids together in the kitchen to cook healthy meals. This year's five grand prize winners are:
- Chloe and Monikia Hornbostel of Edwards, CO
- Cai and Shavon Killings of Pembroke Pines, FL
- Ariel and Naomi Pinkston of Wichita, KS
- Danielle and Lisa Roberts of Kingsport, TN
- Janie and Julie Wilson of Peabody, MA
Twenty-five finalists were selected from hundreds of entrants in grades Kindergarten through eighth across the United States. Entrants submitted videos of themselves and their families preparing a rice-based dish and discussing their experience cooking together. As part of the third annual cooking contest, the five grand prize winners were each awarded a $30,000 school cafeteria makeover, a $15,000 cash prize and a hometown celebration at their school with New York-based celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson.
"Just by cooking together, all families who entered the Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest have helped instill healthy lifestyle choices at an early age," said Lara McCauley, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Mars Food North America, the parent company of the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand. "Each of the five grand prize winners personifies the Ben's Beginners™ movement and we are proud to have these amazing kid chefs represent us as they work to inspire healthier beginnings not only for their families, but also for their schools and communities."
From December 9 to December 18, the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand celebrated at each of the five winner's hometowns. At these hometown celebrations, representatives from the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, Marcus Samuelsson and supporters from their communities surprised the winners and their schools with a celebration fit for any young chef.
For more information about the contest, including kid-friendly cooking tips and the prize-winner recipes, visit www.unclebens.com.
About the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand
The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, the number one rice brand in America, is proud to offer a wide range of rice dishes with flavors and textures that will help bring more to your meals, both for savory main courses and convenient side dishes. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand offers a wide variety of white, whole grain brown, and flavored rices in cook times ranging from 30 minutes to 90 seconds, as well as rice for food service operations such as restaurants, schools and hospitals. The first mass-produced parboiled rice, UNCLE BEN'S® Brand is the top-selling branded rice in the United States and products can be found in more than 100 countries worldwide. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand products are manufactured by Mars Food North America, part of Mars, Incorporated. For more information, visit www.unclebens.com.
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