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The final date to submit STAR submissions is January 16. After this date there will be a $15 per student late fee assessed. You then have until January 19 to resolve deficiencies.

STAR Event General Rules & Guidelines
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C-STAR
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

(Individual Students)
Cost per person - $30; unless noted

Culinary Display (see Levels below)

• 24-2025 Culinary Display Event

(Levels 1, 2, 3—category dependent)
Category A: Appetizers (Levels 2, 3)
Category B: Breads (Levels 2, 3)
Category C: Creative Cakes (Levels 1, 2, 3)
Category D: Cookies (Level 1)
Category E: Wedding Cakes (Level 3)
Category F: Patisserie (Level 3)

Culinary Knife Skills (Levels 1, 2, 3, *, ***)
The Culinary Knife Skills event is the new C-STAR Event in CA  that replaces the previous event, Salad Preparation.  When you open the Culinary Knife Skills Event. you will see it listed as a "Skills Demonstration Event". A Skills Demonstration Event is an opportunity at the National Leadership Conference for students to showcase skills in a way different than a STAR Event.  Students do not need to qualify for a Skills Demonstration Event, but will be allowed to sign up to do one at NLC.   In California, we are using this Skills Demonstration Event as a "training ground" for students who are learning knife skills.  It is a C-STAR Event and as such will compete at both Region and State levels of competition.  This opportunity will give students learning knife skills (NOT a student enrolled in a capstone culinary course) to compete in a C-STAR event at both region and state levels, gaining valuable experience in preparation for the National Event.  We are using the rules for this event in our C-STAR event.  The rules say that only three competitors are allowed per chapter; in California,  we are not putting a limit on the  number of students from a single school to compete, but the school must follow the general rule guidelines for the number of competitors allowed from a school.

• 24-2025 Culinary Knife Skills Event

Menu Planning and Table Display (Levels 1, 2, 3, *)

• 24-2025 Menu Planning and Table Display Event
• 24-2025 Menu Planning & Table Display Sample Nutrition Analysis [xlsx]

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

(Individual Students)
Cost per person - $30; unless noted

Culinary Arts | Cost per person - $50 (Level 3, **, +)

• 24-2025 Region Culinary Arts Recipes
• 24-2025 STATE SLC Culinary Arts Recipes
• 24-2025 Culinary Arts Time Management Plan

Fashion Construction (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Job Interview (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Leadership (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Personal Finance presented by Everfi (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Say Yes to FCS Education (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Teach or Train (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Teaching Strategies (Levels 2, 3, +)

EVENTS ONLY COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL
Baking and Pastry (Level 3, **, +)
(Competition at State Only) | Cost per person - $50

• 24-2025 STATE SLC Baking & Pastry Recipes
• 24-2025 Baking and Pastry ACF Testing Information

TEAM EVENTS

(1–3 STUDENTS)
Cost per person - $30 unless noted

Chapter Service Project Display (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Entrepreneurship (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Event Management (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Fashion Design (Level 2, 3, +)
Focus on Children (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Food Innovations (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Interior Design (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
National Programs in Action (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Nutrition and Wellness (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Professional Presentation (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Public Policy Advocate (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Repurpose and Redesign (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Sports Nutrition (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)

EVENTS ONLY COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL
Chapter in Review Portfolio
(Competition at State Only) (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)
Parliamentary Procedure
(Competition at State Only) (Levels 1, 2, 3, +)