IT in the Kitchen

Here in IT, we're not just experts on hardware, software, networking, and knowledge. We also love to cook and eat! IT Services has hosted a range of cooking contests, including the annual IT Services Chili Cook-Off and the Variety Rice Competition. These kinds of events are great for team building and allow us to share cultural experiences.

IT Services Chili Cook-Off

The annual IT Services Chili Coof-Off was on hiatus for a couple years, but it was revived in 2018 for some serious competition between eight IT chili chefs. In the end, application developer Emily Schmidt came away with the golden ladle.

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The Spread

Chili table

The Prizes

Two spoons and one bowl, the prizes for the chili cook-off.

The Winner

Emily Schmidt holding the golden ladle, the prize for winning the chili competition.

Variety Rice Competition

In early April 2018, we gathered to see who in IT Services could come up with the best rice dish. Seventeen people competed, six people judged, and one person (Ishmat Zerin) was declared the winner!

View all of the pictures on Facebook.

The Spread

Rice dishes on the table.

The Prizes

rice prizes

The Winner

ishmat zerin and mike beck shaking hands after the competition

Pancakes!

To celebrate the Brown Road folks moving to Hoyt, signifying the first time in years that all of IT Services is under one roof, the enterprise operations folks made pancakes.

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Leah Harris making pancakes
Jeff Triplett making pancakes
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