CANTON -- The North Country Jr. Iron Chef Competition will take place Saturday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Teams of middle and high school students will compete by developing healthy recipes using a combination of local and commodity foods that can be prepared in a school cafeteria.

The competition will take place at Eben Holden, St. Lawrence University. Students will prepare their recipe and present it to a panel of judges.

The middle school competition will run from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., with the high school competition from 1 to 4:15 p.m.

Middle school teams from Canton, Potsdam, Brasher Falls, Massena, Hermon-DeKalb and Heuvelton are expected to compete. Two Seaway Tech, Norwood, teams are entered in the high school division.

For more information contact Sarah Bentley-Garfinkel at sarah@gethealthyslc.org or 261-4760 ext 226 or visit ncjrironchef.org/.