Congratulations to all teams competing in the 2025 State Food Science Career Development Event. Many thanks go out to our Food Science contest host, Joliet Junior College, Corinne Batterman, Luke Allen, Jenny Wold, McCormick and Company, Newly Wed Foods, JJC faculty, staff, and students for their support of the Food Science contest.

We want to hear from you!

Please let us know of any feedback from this week’s events. Click here to submit a short Google form with the positives, negatives, and things that could/should be changed with the IL Food Science CDE. We value and thank you for your input!

Food Science

In the State Food Science CDE, 15 schools, 12 teams, and 57 individuals competed.

Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!

Full results for these contests can be accessed by logging in to judgingcard.com. Click here to view initial login instructions posted on the ilaged.org website.

Results posted in this email are to be considered tentative at this time. Any discrepancies found in the results must be submitted in writing to the Illinois FFA Center within 3 days from electronic notification of results. Results will become official with the mailing of ribbons in the coming weeks.

Thanks again to everyone who helped to make this event a success!