Congratulations to Martha MacDonald, a student at NSCC Strait Area Campus in Port Hawkesbury, on winning the USA Pears “Pear Excellence” Canadian Culinary Student Recipe Competition. Martha took top honors for her Roasted Green Anjou Pear stuffed with a savory mixture that included pork and “Dragon’s Breath” blue cheese from That Dutchman’s Farm in Nova Scotia. Judges deemed her recipe “innovative” and felt it was a delicious representation of USA Pears.

The competition was held on Tuesday, April 12, at Academie Culinaire in Montreal. Martha represented the Atlantic Canada region and competed against Amy Bonchuk of Assiniboine Community College/Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts, representing the Prairies Region; Melissa Drutz, George Brown College, representing the Ontario Region; Greg MacIver, LaSalle College, representing the Quebec Region; and Jeffrey Parks, Vancouver Island University, representing the British Columbia Region.