The Culinary & Cocktail Clash

The 10th annual Culinary + Cocktail Clash raised $68,000 for high school culinary programs! Thank you to all the restaurant teams and sponsors for rallying for ProStart students. We’ll see you again in August 2023!
What’s the Clash? In the Culinary competition, restaurant teams work with a teen sous chef to create the ultimate taco! Of course, teams must use special ingredients like a Coca-Cola product. In the Cocktail competition (no students), teams shake up one-of-a-kind Tito’s creations at our reception for teams and sponsors.
Meet the Clash Teams:
BJ’s Restaurants
Black Bear Diner
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
Great Maple
Lawry’s the Prime Rib
Lazy Dog
Pacifica Hotels
Pizza Rev
PorchBox
Urban Plates
Specialty Restaurants Corp.
The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon
Wedgewood Weddings
Wienerschnitzel
Thank You Sponsors!


The Cause
Event sponsorships support high school culinary arts programs in California! The California Restaurant Foundation empowers 13,500 teens each year with skills for work and skills for life. We change lives through restaurants!
Enrichment Services:
- Mentorships
- Job-training
- Training for teachers
- Scholarships
The 2022 Culinary Clash Winners!
Culinary: Mentor of the Year
Pacifica Hotels

The 2022 Cocktail Clash Winners!
Cocktail: Tito's Golden Goblet
Lawry’s Restaurants
“Peach Cola Sour”

Cocktail: Coca-Cola Award
The Ranch
“Lights, Camera, Action!”

Cocktail: FreshPoint Award
The Great Maple
“Peach Tree”

Cocktail: People's Choice
Pacifica Hotels
“Ship of Fools”

Cocktail: Equipment Award
Specialty Restaurants
“Davy Jones”
