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April 2007 Awards
April 2007 Chefs4Students.org Culinary
Grant Winners Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2007 Chefs4Students.org Culinary Grant Winners Announced
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA – April 1, 2007 – Chefs4Students.org today
announced the winners of the April, 2007 culinary grants. The program formally
known as the Chef2Chef.net Scholarship Fund was established in 2003 to assist
culinary students in need of financial assistance.
For the 2006 - 2007 academic years, Chefs4Students.org has received more than
600 applications from students at 36 different culinary schools across the
country and abroad. Eligible students must attend a culinary school at the time
of the award, show proof of their financial need, provide letters of
recommendation, transcripts and provide a 500-word essay.
The reviewing panel consisted of seventeen Chefs4Students.org certified chefs,
executive chefs, business executives and culinary professionals from various
organizations across the globe. We are pleased to award twelve $1,000.00 grants
to the following students:
• Whitt Stephen Masters, L’Academie de Cuisine, Maryland
• Chad J. Westleigh, Johnson & Wales, Providence campus
• Nell Roversi-Deal, Art Institute of Seattle, Washington
• Elizabeth Dunham, Johnson & Wales, Denver campus
• Sukyung Dennis, Le Cordon Bleu, Las Vegas
• Luke M. McDermott, Paul Smith College, New York
• Nicole Impero, Johnson & Wales, Miami campus
• Heather Linnea Loomis, New England Culinary Institute, Vermont
• Kayleigh Angela Sargent, Atlantic Culinary Academy, Georgia
• Dunia Santana, Johnson & Wales, Miami campus
• Lisa Marie Shipley, Texas Culinary Academy, Austin
• Mary Suzann Schmidt, Le Cordon Bleu, Las Vegas
Funding for the April 2007 grants were generated by a successful online auction
held on the Chef2Chef.net Culinary Portal, the proceeds of the third annual
fundraising dinner and silent auction at the Chimney Park Bistro in Windsor,
Colorado, private donations, corporate sponsorships and product donations,
cookbook sales, private functions and the dedication of the participating chefs
from around the world.
About the Chefs4Students.org Culinary Grant Program
Chefs4Students.org offers a variety of programs for companies and individuals to
participate in this non-profit effort to assist culinary students in need.
The Chefs4Students.org Culinary Grant Program is administered by Chef David and
Pamela Nelson. Chefs4Students.org utilizes the Yampa Valley Community
Foundation, www.yvcf.org to
independently oversee the financial aspects of this non-profit fund. Your
contribution may be tax deductible. Please call Chef David Nelson at
970-846-0059 for further information on how to help us give back to the future
of the culinary industry.
For More Information: http://www.chefs4students.org
South Beach Award Winning Chef Frank Randazzo Presents Chefs4Students.org
Culinary Grant at Johnson & Wales University
For Immediate Release: July 14, 2007 Steamboat Springs, Colorado
South Beach Celebrity Chef Frank Randazzo Presents Chefs4Students.org Culinary
Grant at Johnson & Wales University
Award winning local chef and Johnson & Wales alumni, Frank Randazzo presented
culinary student Nicole Impero a $1,000 culinary grant from Chefs4Students.org on July 6th at the Johnson and Wales campus in
Miami Beach, Florida. Impero was one of twelve grant recipients chosen by a
panel of executive chefs, business executives and culinary professionals from
various organizations from around the globe.
Chef Frank Randazzo met the team from Chefs4Students.org Culinary Grant program
while appearing as a celebrity chef judge at the Johnson & Wales “National High
School Chef of the Year” Contest at the Charlotte, NC campus this past March.
Randazzo and his wife, Andrea Curto-Randazzo own and operate the popular
Talula Restaurant & Bar on the northern edge of South Beach.
When Chefs4Students.org administrators, Chef David and Pamela Nelson learned one
of the recipients was going to be from the Johnson & Wales Miami campus, “We
thought of Chef Frank immediately. Being a Johnson and Wales alumni and
considering his passion for the future of our industry, Chef Frank was a perfect
candidate for a grant presenter” says Nelson. “We were very pleased when he
accepted our offer.”
About Talula Restaurant & Bar: Talula Restaurant & Bar is the loving evolution
of two outstanding careers, those of award winning chefs Andrea Curto-Randazzo
and Frank Randazzo. Located at 210 23rd Street on Miami Beach, Talula
opened in June 2003. For reservations: 305-672-0778
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Sukyung Dennis, Pamela Nelson, Mary York, Chef David
Nelson and Mary Suzann Schmidt at a grant reception at
the Le Cordon Bleu, Las Vegas
For more on this presentation,
click here
Johnson & Wales University Marketing Director, Greg
DiStefano, presenting April 2007 Grant Recipient Chad
Westleigh with his check. Big Smiles!
Chad sent Chef Florian Wehrli a
Thank You Letter
Chef Florian Wehrli, Chef/Owner of The Chimney Park
Bistro in Windsor, Colorado, presenting culinary grant
recipient, Elizabeth Dunham her check at the Johnson &
Wales Denver Campus
Chef Frank Randazzo, Chef/Co-Owner of Talula
Restaurant & Bar in South Beach, Miami, Florida
presenting culinary grant recipient, Nicole Impero her
check at the Johnson & Wales Miami Campus.
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