Crab Wontons at Penta Family Night

This is a Crab Wonton. It’s a deep-fried wonton wrapper with a crab filling made with red onions, celery root and other delectable things.

This is high school cooking class food. No really, it is.

Yesterday evening Penta Career Center in Perrysburg, Ohio, held their first annual Family Night in their new sprawling 26-acre facility. The school’s three Chef Instructors, Denise Schaefer, Jim Rhegness and Mike Sader, along with some of their current students, showed off two of their three kitchens for incoming students and high-schoolers looking to possibly attend classes at Penta in the fall.

Click here for our photos of Penta’s new kitchens this past fall prior to the opening of the new facility.

Have a look at the happenings of last night, after the jump …


A student deep fries the wonton wrappers. The technique is to initially form the wrapper into a cup between two ladles, and then let them crisp in the fryer before laying them to drain on wax paper.


Chef Instructor Denise Schaefer checks the prep list. Students were preparing trays with ingredients for the Crab Wontons and fresh Mini Pizzas for guests to prepare in the Teaching Kitchen.


Chef Instructor Mike Sader assists students in preparing pizza dough in the Restaurant Kitchen.


A completed pizza tray.


A completed Crab Wonton tray.


Chef Instructor Jim Rhegness demonstrates making the Crab Wontons and Mini Pizzas for guests, prior to their making their own at one of nine stations in the Teaching Kitchen.

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