WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Atlanta area sixth grader Caleb McGee says cooking is a somewhat new hobby for him. He became interested after watching his father make meals.

“He cooks really good, so I thought maybe I could cook that good,” McGee said.

In his first ever competitive cooking challenge, organized by K12, McGee made a crab rangoon, and became one of five students to emerge from the pack of 400 contestants.

“I think that’s really important,” McGee said. “I am really proud of me getting there.”

The competition is modeled off the tv show “Chopped.” The 6-12 grade students are given a dish and an hour to put it together.

“They’re going in here this morning having no idea what their ingredients are,” K12 spokesperson Brooke Gabbert said. “They’re in the kitchen that they’ve never cook

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