The seventh annual GFS Student Competition will be held on Monday, February 23, 2009 at the North America Pizza & Ice Cream Show at the Columbus Convention Center. This event, only for Ohio ProStart schools, is a premier competition for high school culinary arts students in Ohio.

ProStart is a school-to-career program created by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation that gives students real skills, real knowledge, real jobs! Based on input from restaurant and hospitality professionals nationwide, ProStart is designed to give high school juniors and seniors work experience combined with a practical curriculum that imparts real-world skills and food service concepts.