If my friends know anything about me, it’s that I love a good competition.

So when the Winnipeg Free Press reached out to us about their inaugural Back-to-School Lunchbox Challenge, we jumped at the chance to get involved. Here at Lil Chef Institute, we take food seriously — but we take friendly rivalries even more seriously. Even if it’s just between three coworkers… and even if it started as a totally made-up, just-for-fun challenge.

Let’s just say, the gauntlet had been thrown.