. >> reporter: to get a golden ticket, madeline sappelle of virginia concocted up this chowder. >> ited some more color in it. i thought of some vegetables. i came up with carrots and peas and corn and some potatoes. >> reporter: in sugarland, texas, michael lakin, too, slaved over the stove. >> i'm going to be prepping a salad i like to call secret service supersalad. >> reporter: 1200 recipes can submitted to the conte nest website ep curious. >> they were downright tasty. >> reporter: then the final arbiter, sam kass, the assistant chef for healthy food initiatives at the white house. he tasted 100 recipes in just a couple hours. how many some of the 100 were good? >> they were all incredible. they were created with a lot of love. they were great. >> reporter: how much of these dishes did the kids come up with as opposed to their parents? >> no, you could tell, there's a lot of kid in it. >> reporter: madeline picked. >> i remember that chowder. it was delicious, really. 1 in 3 kids with diabetes in their lifetime if they don't really change course. >> reporter: but that really wa