Reel Recipes Student Video Contest

Bright, playful collage of people posing with oversized food items like fruit, a frying pan, and a giant sushi roll.

York Region students cooked up something amazing!

The Reel Recipes Student Video Contest invited York Region youth ages 14–18 to showcase easy, healthy recipes and practical cooking tips through short, creative videos highlighting cooking as an essential life skill.

Students from across the Region took part, with some classrooms turning the contest into a fun, hands on project combining nutrition, media, creativity and real-life skills.

From homemade pasta and shawarma bowls to guacamole and smoothies, students showed healthy cooking can be easy, affordable and fun. The videos were full of personality and featured step by step recipes, creative storytelling and the message that anyone can cook.

Congratulations to Our Winners

Grand Prize Winner (Tie): Sanjot N. and Stacey V.

Sanjot N. - "10-Minute Veggie Wrap"

Stacey V. - "Sushi"

Second Prize Winner: Daniela M.

Daniela M. - "Pesto Pasta Salad"

Third Prize Winner: Milo S. 

Milo S. – "Pasta Bolognese"

A special thank you to our panel of student judges who viewed dozens of submissions.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Reel Recipes 2027

Details of the Reel Recipes 2027 contest will be available in late Fall 2026.