Alicia Smith from Lewiston Schools team rolls an enchilada Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Alicia Smith from Lewiston Schools team fills an enchilada Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Alicia Smith, left, from Lewiston Schools team, chats Tuesday with judge Heidi Parent during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Lewiston Schools' dinner entry of chicken enchilada, fresh slaw and fruit is prepared Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Team members Caleb Pratt, left, and Gina Bailey of Regional School Unit 54 in Skowhegan first-bump Tuesday after completing dinner plates during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta. The son and mother team have competed in the event for six years.

The team from Regional School Unit 54 in Skowhegan wrote messages for judges written on the dinner napkins Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition held in Augusta.

Gina Bailey, team member for Regional School Unit 54 in Skowhegan, talks to judges Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Alicia Smith of the Lewiston Schools team sprinkles fresh cut herbs over an enchilada Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Jesse Smith from Lewiston Schools team scrambles eggs for the team breakfast entry Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Caleb Pratt of the Regional School Unit 54 team from Skowhegan presses a chicken thigh onto a cast-iron skillet Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-Off final competition in Augusta.

Judges Heidi Parent, a Capital Area Technical Center culinary arts teacher, left, Walter Beesley, a retired Maine Department of Education staffer, and Kamryn Dube, a tech center student from Winthrop High School, talk to contestants before sampling breakfast entrees Tuesday during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition held in Augusta.

Gina Bailey, a team member for Regional School Unit 54 in Skowhegan, said Tuesday she and her staff often write messages like this on smoothie cups made during the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.

Lewiston Schools team Jesse Smith, left, and Alicia Smith hold their first-place awards Tuesday after winning the Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program 2023 Farm to School Cook-off final competition in Augusta.