Food Science students defeat defending champions in regional competition

Chapman Food Science students win the regional Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) College Bowl competition and advance.

This past weekend, Chapman University hosted the 28th Annual IFT Mountain West Food Science area meeting and College Bowl Competition.  Six schools attended and five of them competed for a spot in the national competition.  After a grueling double elimination quiz tournament on food science trivia, Chapman faced off against BYU in the final round to emerge victorious, becoming the 2013 Mountain West regional champions!

The competition tested the students on various food science topics from food processing and engineering to culinology and molecular gastronomy.

During the final round, Chapman University took an early lead. The game came down to a final microbiology question, to which Amber Hoekstra answered correctly, winning the round and the tournament.

A little meditation and huddling up with coach and Chapman Food Science faculty Dr. Lilian Were.

As winners of the Mountain West region, the team will receive $1000 to travel to the IFT Annual Meeting and Expo in Chicago in June 2013.  There, they will compete in the national College Bowl
competition
against winners of the other 7 areas.

The team celebrating their victory.

This win marks the 5
^th
time in 7 years that Chapman’s food science team has represented the region and advanced to the national competition.  Looks like big things are in store for Chapman’s Food Science team!  Congratulations!

Congratulations to the 2013 Chapman College Bowl Team!