Conner High School competing in the Cook Around the World Competition in Disney

High school students are headed south to test out their cooking skills.Boone County’s Conner High School culinary students are headed to Disney to compete in the ‘Cook Around the World Competition’. The team will cook against schools from around the world and work hand-and-hand with Food Network’s celebrity chef Amanda Freitag. competitors will cook a dish from a different continent. Conner students have been assigned Europe, but they will not know the ingredients until mystery baskets are assigned on-site. “It feels kind of unreal. I remember we have a countdown on the board. And I remember it was like 200 days away. And we’re like, Oh, it’ll never come. And then a few weeks ago, it was like 30 days. And now it says one day. And it’s just I can’t believe that it’s finally here,” said Casey Dodd, senior.The competition is Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1. The team then plans to stay an extra day in the sun at Disney parks.