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SC ProStart Invitational

South Carolina 21st ProStart Invitational - March 2-4, 2025

The South Carolina ProStart Invitational is the state’s premier competition for high school culinary arts and hospitality students. See the success of our past competitions and learn more about participating next year. You can make a difference by becoming a ProStart educator who provides students with the education they need to enter into a viable career.

Competition Details:

The South Carolina ProStart Invitational is an annual competition hosted by the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Foundation (SCRLF). The competition includes Restaurant Management and Culinary divisions. The Culinary Competition requires students to demonstrate knife skills incorporated into cooking a three-course meal in 60 minutes with only two butane burners, two eight-foot tables, and no electricity or running water. In the Management Competition, students develop a brand new restaurant concept to pitch to a panel of industry and post-secondary judges, complete with critical thinking and verbal presentation rounds.

Competition Rewards:

The top five teams from the culinary and management competitions are awarded generous educational scholarships to help further their careers in the restaurant and food service industry. In 2023, more than $1.4 million in scholarships were awarded to students by the NRAEF and leading academic institutions.

Invitational sponsorships go towards supporting our teams at the National ProStart Invitational and the SCRLF Scholarship Program.
SCRLF is a 501(c)3, all donations are tax-deductible as allowable by law. For more information on sponsorship, please email the SCRLA office at info@scrla.org.

Location:

Spartanburg Marriott

299 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306

Competition Resources:

2025 SCPI Rules - Pending

2025 SCPI Agenda - Pending

Competition Schedules

Culinary Team Timeline - Not Available
Management Team Timeline - Not Available

Dish Request Form Due - February 22, 2025

Recipe, Costing, Menu, and Inventory templates (Word docx)

Hotel information:

Spartanburg Marriott, 299 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306

Single/Double/Triple/Quad: $159 per night plus tax and fees if booked before midnight on February 7, 2025.

Teams are required to stay at the host hotel.

Reserve your overnight accommodations online here.

Hotel Reservation Information, please call 1-888-236-2427 South Carolina ProStart Invitational rate.

Guests may also book their reservations via phone by calling 1-888-236-2427.

Complimentary parking is included in the hotel room rate. Breakfast Not included.

Book your group rate for SCRLA ProStart Invitational

You will find the information for your online reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event.

Student Waiver Form - Due February 20, 2025

Team cancellation/withdrawal by January 22, 2025, 11:59 PM
(Please note if you do not cancel prior to this date there will be a $250.00 per team cancelation fee assessed).