Michigan Statewide Student Competition

March 10 - 11, 2025 
Doubletree by Hilton Battle Creek
​Battle Creek, MI 

The statewide Michigan ProStart Competition brings together ProStart students and schools from across the state for two days of showcasing their talents in the hospitality industry. Competition categories include: ​

• Culinary
• Management
• Pasta
• Knife Cuts
• ServSafe Quiz Bowl 
• Tabletop Design
• Cake Decorating

Teams are observed, rated and judged by leading industry professionals and higher education instructors.

First place winners of the Culinary and Management competitions secure their spot at the ProStart National Invitational in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, more than $850,000 in scholarships were available at the 2024 competition to support students as they continue their post-secondary education in hospitality-related fields

Questions? Contact Sarah Metcalf at [email protected] or 517-377-3928.​

Congratulations to our 2025 Michigan Statewide Student Invitational winners!  

Culinary

• First Place: Plymouth Canton Educational Park
• Second Place: Gaylord High School
• Third Place: Grosse Pointe South
• Fourth Place: Tuscola Tech Center
• Fifth Place: Calhoun Area Career Center

ServSafe® Knowledge Bowl

• First Place: Muskegon Area Career Tech Center
• Second Place: Clare Gladwin RESD
  
• Third Place: Plymouth Canton Educational Park
• Fourth Place: Jackson Area Career Center
  
• Fifth Place: Van Buren Tech Center

Management 

• First Place: West Shore ESD
• Second Place: Plymouth Canton Educational Park
• Third Place: Kalamazoo RESA
• Fourth Place: Saginaw Career Complex
• Fifth Place: Muskegon Area Career Tech Center

Knife Cuts

• First Place: Levi Brooks, Van Buren Tech Center
• Second Place: Makena Bristol, Tuscola Tech Center
  
• Third Place: Alix Draves, Muskegon Area Career Center
• Fourth Place: Sophie Brown, Muskegon Area Career Center
• Fifth Place: Kaitlynn Rowe, Oakland Tech SE

Tabletop Design

• First Place: Bay Arenac ISD Team C
• Second Place: Wilson Talent Center
• Third Place: Mecosta Osceola Career Center
• Fourth Place: Bay Arenac ISD Team B
• Fifth Place: Muskegon Ara Career Center Team A 
• Fifth Place: Muskegon Area Career Center Team B

Cake Decorating

• First Place: William D. Ford Career Tech Center Team A
• Second Place: Muskegon Area Career Tech Center
• Third Place: Wilson Talent Center Team B
  
• Fourth Place: Clare Gladwin RESA Team C
• Fifth Place: Gratiot Isabella Tech Team C

Pasta

• First Place: Tuscola Tech Team A
• Second Place: Oakland Tech SE Team A
• Third Place: Grosse Pointe South 
• Fourth Place: Van Buren Tech Center
• Fifth Place: Allegan Area ESA Team C 

Michigan ProStart Invitational 2025 Rules 

Cake Decorating

Culinary

Knife Skills

Management

Pasta

ServSafe Knowledge Bowl

Tabletop Design

additional resources

Blank Costing Sheets

Cooler Packing Worksheet

ProStart competition judges and volunteers

Our volunteers and judges are a key ingredient in making the statewide Michigan ProStart Competition a success.
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Questions? Contact Sarah Metcalf at [email protected] or 517-377-3928.

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Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors!