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Walworth County Pro/Am Culinary Showdown
1/25/2026
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Events in the month of January 2026

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1/15/2026	Member Holiday Party Are you a member of WCEDA or the Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce? If so, then... Let's Celebrate!!! 5pm - 8pm January 15th, 2026 Uncle Hunk's Junk Building 203 E. Walworth St., Elkhorn Join the Elkhorn Chamber and Walworth County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA) for a night of holiday fun. Cheers with us as we kick-off the new year together! Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIzj-8P5UoKbBejKHXsiUTES7xsu7bqzU9S_vict-HJMb1hA/viewform more info...
1/25/2026	Walworth County Pro/Am Culinary Showdown Join us for WCEDA's 2nd annual Walworth County Culinary Showdown, featuring teams of Walworth County high school culinary students and professional chefs! 🌍 READY TO EAT AROUND THE WORLD? 🌍 This year’s Pro/Am Culinary Showdown is going global! High school culinary stars are teaming up with local pro chefs to create their best dish — inspired by Germany, Italy, Thailand, France, and Morocco. 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇹🇭🇫🇷🇲🇦 Samples from 11 Professional/Amateur Teams Team #1 Team #2 Team #3 Team #4 Team #5 Team #6 Team #7 Team #8 Team #9 Team #10 Team #11 Check out last year's event here! Ticket Options: 🎟️ General Admission: $20 per person (12:00–2:00 PM) ⭐ VIP Hour: $35 per person (11:00 AM–12:00 PM) – includes early entry and first access to samples Venue Sponsor: WCEDA's 20th Anniversary Sponsor: Contact Leslie Gostomski about becoming an event sponsor. About WCEDA's Kareers4Kids Program: This program has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their futures. By connecting students with hands-on, career-based learning experiences, K4K helps students apply their academic and technical skills in the real world of work while also developing essential workplace skills critical to their future employment success. Providing career-based learning opportunities is mutually beneficial to schools and companies: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE WORKFORCE. Working with students will help expand the pool of job applicants and their skill sets in the future. Career-Based Learning Experiences are an early recruitment strategy. INFORMING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE about occupations businesses employ and the skills businesses look for when hiring. CONTRIBUTING TO K-12 CURRICULUM by hosting educators at your work site and partnering with educators on the development of skills-based career pathways. IMPROVING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT. Employee knowledge of roles and responsibilities are reviewed and reinforced and mentoring students can be rewarding for employees. CREATING POSITIVE COMMUNITY VISIBILITY FOR YOUR COMPANY by providing a visible example of your partnership with schools and students to maintain good community relations, and providing an opportunity to promote the company as an employer of choice. In addition, people will gain awareness of what your company does. Oftentimes people know the name of a company, but not the breadth of what happens on the inside. EXPOSING STUDENTS TO WORK CULTURE AND TEAMWORK. Students discover and learn about the working world and begin to understand company culture and what it means to work as a team. more info...