Career Education Opportunities For High School Students in the National Culinary Competition
California School of Culinary Arts hosts annual local contest for future chefs at cooking school.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2005 -- Los Angeles-area high school
students with a fascination for creative cuisine checked out their options for
career education as the California School of Culinary Arts (CSCA) in Pasadena
hosted the local finals of the Future Chef of America Culinary Scholarship
Competition last month
“I hope to open
a restaurant with my mother called the Dirty Spoon,” said first
place
winner Monet Walker, who won a $1,500 scholarship to CSCA where she begins her
culinary education in July 2005. Three top winners were selected by judges from
Le Cordon Bleu Schools. The second
place
winner of a $1,100 scholarship was Sam Shaaheed of Littlerock High School in
Palmdale, and the third place
winner of a $800 scholarship was Rudolph Bernal III of Alhambra Cathedral High
School in Los Angeles.
The preliminary phase of the competition selected
the candidates based on a 200-word
essay stating their reasons for wanting to become a chef or culinary
professional and what they hoped to accomplish upon graduation from a Le Cordon
Bleu cooking school. A total of seven final contestants were selected out of
more than 300 applicants. Career education specialists assisted in the
selection.
During the final competition, the students prepared and
presented a two-course
signature menu comprising a salad and an entrée with chicken, a vegetable and a
starch in less than 90 minutes. The prepared dishes were assessed by a panel of
CSCA’s Le Cordon Bleu Schools North
America chef instructors, including Chef Peter George, Chef Patrick Huggins,
Chef Matthew Zboray and Executive Chef Angela Goodman.
“In the
preliminary phase the judges looked for a sense of passion and commitment to a
career in culinary arts and the hospitality industry,” said Megan Manion,
director of marketing for the cooking school, CSCA. “During the final
competition, judges based their decisions on flavor and seasoning, use of
equipment and ingredients and creativity in presentation and plating.”
Awards for all
seven finalists included scholarship prizes to the cooking school, gift
certificates, a monogrammed chef’s jacket and a monogrammed chef’s knife from
contest sponsors Mercer Tools, Superior Uniforms, and Wiley & Sons
Publishers. Scholarships range from $100 to $1,500 toward enrollment at the
California School of Culinary Arts.
California School of Culinary Arts in
Pasadena offers students a hands-on career experience with an experienced
faculty dedicated to providing cooking school students with the necessary
skills, knowledge, support and guidance for the successful development of a
career in the culinary arts. For more information about their outstanding career
education, go to www.csca.edu
Contact:
Megan
Manion
626.229.1386
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