The Livingston Parish 4-H Food Festival was recently held at Lewis Vincent Elementary School in Denham Springs. Fifty 4-H members from around the parish prepared a total of 82 dishes and competed in eighteen cookery contests. The 1st Place winners in the Seafood, Beef, Poultry, Egg, Sugar, LA Commodities and Wild Game Contests will have the opportunity to compete in May at the Regional 4-H Cookery Contest in Walker.
Winners of the 4-H Food Festival – 2026
1st Place Egg Cookery – Appetizer/Side Dish- Jacob Hutchison – Walker High
2nd Place Egg Cookery – Appetizer/Side Dish – Aniley Strahan – Juban Parc Jr. High
3rd Place Egg Cookery – Appetizer/Side Dish – Lexi Gardner – Doyle Elementary
1st Place Egg Cookery – Main Dish/Salad – Bradley Whited – South Fork Elementary
2nd Place Egg Cookery – Main Dish/Salad – Lucy Lane – Lewis Vincent Elementary
3rd Place – Egg Cookery – Main Dish/Salad – Aniley Strahan – Juban Parc Jr. High
1st Place Egg Cookery – Dessert – Brooklyn Kersey – Doyle Jr./Sr.
2nd Place Egg Cookery – Dessert – Ari Young – Holden Elementary
3rd Place Egg Cookery – Dessert – Lucie Vaughan – South Fork Elementary
1st Place Poultry Cookery – Turkey – Aniley Strahan – Juban Parc Jr. High
2nd Place Poultry Cookery – Turkey – Anna Bravata – Holden Jr./Sr.
1st Place Poultry Cookery – Chicken – Merritt Strahan – Member@Large
2nd Place Poultry Cookery – Chicken – Avery Vicari – Holden Elementary
3rd Place Poultry Cookery – Chicken – Bradley Whited – South Fork Elementary
1st Place Seafood Cookery – Shrimp – Delaney Brumfield – Northside Elementary
2nd Place Seafood Cookery – Shrimp – Avery Vicari – Holden Elementary
3rd Place Seafood Cookery – Shrimp – Adlar Lavigne – Doyle Jr./Sr.
1st Place Seafood Cookery – Crawfish – Conway Whittington – South Walker Elementary
2nd Place Seafood Cookery – Crawfish – Remington Humpal – North Corbin Jr. High
3rd Place Seafood Cookery - Crawfish – Bailey Cowart – Walker Jr. High
1st Place Beef Cookery –Ground Beef – Anna Bravata – Holden Jr./Sr.
2nd Place Beef Cookery – Ground Beef – Bradley Whited – South Fork Elementary
3rd Place Beef Cookery – Ground Beef – Avery Vicari – Holden Elementary
1st Place Beef Cookery – Other Beef Cuts – Ari Young – Holden Elementary
1st Place Sugar Cookery – Cakes – Adlar Lavigne – Doyle Jr./Sr.
2nd Place Sugar Cookery – Cakes – Olivia Vulgamore – Walker High
3rd Place Sugar Cookery – Cakes – Kennedy Price – Doyle Jr./Sr.
1st Place Sugar Cookery – Candy – Brinley Varnado – North Corbin Jr. High
2nd Place Sugar Cookery – Candy –Avery Vicari – Holden Elementary
3rd Place Sugar Cookery – Candy – Dallas Baker – Denham Springs Jr. High
1st Place Sugar Cookery – Cookies – Remington Humpal – North Corbin Jr. High
2nd Place Sugar Cookery – Cookies – Aubrey Burrell – North Corbin Jr. High
3rd Place Sugar Cookery – Cookies – Ari Young – Holden Elementary
1st Place Sugar Cookery – Pies – Oaklee Bigner – Doyle Jr./Sr.
2nd Place Sugar Cookery – Pies – Lucie Vaughan – South Fork Elementary
3rd Place Sugar Cookery – Pies – Jasmine Jones – North Corbin Jr. High
1st Place LA Commodities – Rice – Ari Young – Holden Elementary
2nd Place LA Commodities – Rice – Olivia Vulgamore – Walker High
3rd Place LA Commodities – Rice – Maddie Graves – Walker Jr. High
1st Place LA Commodities – Sweet Potato – Landry Varnado – North Corbin Elementary
2nd Place LA Commodities – Sweet Potato – Avery Vicari – Holden Elementary
3rd Place LA Commodities – Sweet Potato – Scarlette Hebert – South Live Oak Elementary
1st Place LA Commodities – Pecan – Brinley Varnado – North Corbin Jr. High
2nd Place LA Commodities – Pecan – Anthony Jacobs – North Corbin Jr. High
3rd Place LA Commodities – Pecan –Levi Lockhart – Walker High
1st Place Wild Game – Deer – Merritt Strahan -Member@Large
2nd Place Wild Game – Deer – Felix Flores – Albany Middle
3rd Place Wild Game – Deer – Blake Saizan – Juban Parc Jr. High
1st Place Wild Game – Other – Landry Varnado – North Corbin Elementary
2nd Place Wild Game – Other – Tripp Lazarus – Denham Springs Jr. High