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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