ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Two teams of incarcerated individuals at Belmont County Correctional Institute faced off Thursday at the In2Work 2025 Aramark Culinary Excellence cooking competition at the facility.

The two teams tasked with creating a pumpkin themed meal are all involved in the In2Work culinary program inside of the facility.

Team Newlen created a turkey pot pie, oven fried broccoli, sweet potato casserole, and an iced pumpkin cookie bar. Team Kuebler created pumpkin chili mac, braised cabbage and apples, maple cinnamon carrots and a marbled pumpkin cake with citrus glaze.

The two meals were judged by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections contract monitor Vivian Hawkins, deputy administrator Kerri Ryan, In2Work director Nicole McVaugh, Belmont County Correctional Institute

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