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Culinary Competition

APRIL 24, 2024

Culinary Students Dished It Out at the 2024 Kraft Heinz Iron Chef Competition

On April 24, 2024, talented students demonstrated their skills by competing for the title of Iron Chef in the annual Kraft Heinz Iron Chef competition at Humber College. This year's competitors represented the breadth of Humber's program offerings including Baking and Pastry Arts Management, Culinary Management and Culinary Skills. The students had the opportunity to showcase their learned culinary skills while highlighting various globally inspired cuisines.

A few mandatory ingredients had to be incorporated into their dishes and, on the day of the competition, the teams were asked to incorporate a secret ingredient.

iron chef contestants

Watch this video to view the 2022 Iron Chef Culinary Competition.

Chairman, Chef Thomas Heitz

Our Chairman

The Chairman and Host of this year's Iron Chef Competition is Thomas Heitz, Corporate Chef of Kraft Heinz.

Our Judges

Kitchen judges include the owner of the Michelin Star restaurant Frilu and Chef John-Vincent Troiano (Humber Alumni) and Humber College's own culinary Instructors Francisco Rivera CCC (Humber Alumni) and George Taluri. ​

Tasting judges for 2024 are Chef Leslie Cairns, Senior Manager of Culinary Innovation at Aramark Canada, Chef Dustin Gallagher, Executive Chef at Noble House & 416 Snack Bar and Chef Carmelo Vadacchino, Corporate Chef at Food Supplies Inc.

Kitchen Judge, John-Vincent Troiano

Kitchen Judge, Francisco Rivera

Kitchen Judge, George Taluri

Tasting Judge, Carmelo Vadacchino

Tasting Judge, Dustin Gallagher

Tasting Judge, Leslie Cairns

Our Competitors

Eight teams comprising of four Culinary Students each will compete for the winning title of the 2024 Kraft- Heinz Humber Culinary Iron Chef Competition. ​

Drunken Delinquents


  • Kevin Junior
  • Marcel Pratama
  • Nadia R. S. Eiras
  • Demetri Koo

Sarap Delicioso


  • Jessica Aquino
  • Iris Calderon
  • Jhoushelle Gamazon
  • Christian Paolo Latada

Shish Kebabes


  • Gray Relph
  • Rodolfo Diaz Valesquez
  • Danielle Fernandes
  • Kim Huliganga

The Spice Sorcerers


  • Deiya
  • Gunjan Pandey
  • Huzaifa Ujjainwala
  • Thanweer Hassan
  • Chakkachamparambath

Team 6


  • Xiangxue Pang
  • Palat Kannaserd
  • Thanh Hai Lai
  • Latifova Malayka

Team Sharon


  • Ken Ken Gagute
  • Regine Emnace
  • Danna Simuangco
  • Shane Cunanan

Thai One On


  • Jaspreet Brar
  • Carlton Wiggins
  • Alex Le
  • Connor Faulkner

Saucy Squad


  • Sumaya Tarin Noor
  • Nickesha Walker
  • Trisha Hussey
  • Rahul Gandhi