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 Gordon Ramsey, of the Fox show "Hell's Kitchen," is known for his 16 Michelin stars and for being kind of crazy. He regularly curses at the contestants on his cooking show and calls them donkeys, or worse. More...Labels: Entertainment, Young Culinarians  Cooking schools help teens build culinary skills and confidence. The current obsession of elevating chefs to rock-star status has made it easy for cooking schools to attract teenage students who want to learn to cook or who might be considering the field as a career. But to keep them focused for two or more hours requires savvy adult guidance. "Today's kids know what they want, and they go after it with determination," says Tina Krinsky of the Julian Krinsky School of Cooking. "The Food Network, recipe websites, magazines, and an array of innovative cookbooks all play an important role in their decision-making process." What teens seek from cooking school classes is the type of culinary knowledge and information that will help them realize their dream. Jill Prescott of Jill Prescott's Ecole de Cuisine sums this up simply as "experiencing the miracle of creating." Many students see cooking as providing a creative outlet, instant gratification, and, if done well, tasty food. More... Labels: Industry, Young Culinarians  Eastside High School's Institute of Culinary Arts brought home another state championship and $300,000 in scholarship money. This is the seventh top finish for the team in the past nine years at the Florida ProStart Invitational.
Twelve Eastside culinary students participated in four categories and each student earned a medal for their efforts during the competition in Orlando this week.
Among the judges' favorites was the gourmet meal prepared in 60 minutes by seniors Eric Wilson, Byron Boucias and Melissa Genosa along with junior Brent Garrison. They took first place for their three-course meal that included a spicy Florida shrimp appetizer, a pan-raost, stuff veal chop entrée followed by a pomegranate lemon cake. The four students will advance to the national ProStart Invitational in San Diego in April. Labels: Learn, Young Culinarians  With their culinary arts classes, Brevard public schools are training the next generation of chefs and gourmets, and they're doing it with great style. At Bayside High School, students have the opportunity to learn from world-class Chef Dieu Ho, who has been chef at Vancouver's Four Seasons, Le Meridien and Pan Pacific Hotel, San Francisco's Fairmont and The Breakers in Palm Beach and was guest chef at the Waldorf Astoriaand that's just for starters. Culinary arts are rapidly becoming standard fare at high schools across the country, but Brevard was on the forefront of this movement. Bayside, in physical space the largest culinary arts program in the state, boasts 300 students, from freshmen to seniors. Other local schools with culinary arts offerings are Palm Bay, Melbourne, Cocoa and Astronaut high schools. On Feb. 8, students from Bayside, Melbourne and Cocoa will pit their culinary talents against 45 other schools in the state at the Florida ProStart Culinary Team Competition at the Orange County Convention Center. Chef Michael Ferguson, who along with Chefs Stuart Gray and Dieu Ho are responsible for raising the culinary bar at Bayside, talks about the program... Read more here... Labels: Industry, Learn, Young Culinarians  Culinary news and information for Chefs, Cooks and Foodies. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Critics, Drink, Eat, Entertainment, Health, Industry, Kitchen Catastrophes, Learn, Lifestyle, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized, Young Culinarians |
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