Simultaneous supply of agricultural products produced in the city at Hamana-chan cooking contest and school lunch

In order to raise understanding of agricultural products produced in Yokohama City and interest in school lunches, the “Hamana-chan Cooking Contest”, which proposes a new school lunch menu using vegetables and fruits from the city for elementary school students, was held in 2003. We hold. Every year, elementary school studenｔ's unique recipes are introduced, and some of them are actually used in school lunch's menu.

• Organizer: City of Yokohama, Environmental Planning Bureau
• Sponsored: City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat, Yokohama School Food Education Foundation
• Sponsorship: Yokohama Agricultural Cooperative, TSUBAKI Shokudo

The 20th (2022) Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe (PDF: 4,544KB)
The 19th (2021) Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe (PDF: 8,571KB)
The 18th (2020) Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe (PDF: 4,596KB)
The 17th (2019) Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe (PDF: 5,254KB)
The 16th (2018) Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe (PDF: 8,507KB)

With holding of 2017, Hamana-chan cooking contest reached the 15th anniversary since the first holding.
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of this contest, we have created a collection of recipes that summarize the works from the 1st to 15th in one book.
Hamana-chan cooking contest recipe collection (15th anniversary version) (PDF: 33,233KB)

Since 2006, as an initiative to promote the use of agricultural and livestock products produced in the city for school lunches, we have been supplying vegetables from the city to all elementary schools and special support schools in the city during local production and local consumption month in November. . The use of agricultural and livestock products produced in the city for school lunches is an opportunity for elementary school studenｔ to learn about the area through ingredients and deepen their knowledge of local culture and history. City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat, and Environmental Planning Bureau.
In fiscal 2022, the school lunch "Kenchin soup" made using radish produced in the city, was provided to 316 schools in the city.