Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Culinary Scholarships Available

The American Culinary Federation, Culinary Insider, newsletter reports:
New Scholarship Funds Available
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The American Academy of Chefs, the honor society of the American Culinary Federation, is proud to offer a new scholarship for college students. Through a generous donation from The Charlie Trotter Culinary Education Foundation, eight $5,000 scholarships are now available. Applications are due by May 1 and can obtained by calling the ACF Education Department at (800) 624-9458.
Scholarship resources on the ACF Web site will assist you in your scholarship search. More

Sunday, March 29, 2009

A Culinary Event

Pierpont's Culinary Teams were highlighted during A Culinary Event, a fundraising dinner for the culinary teams and programs. (Read more about the event in the Times WV article http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_086021604.html.) The dinner featured a variation of the award winning four-course menu presented by the Culinary Team at the recent American Culinary Federation Northeast Regional.

Two very important announcements were revealed at the dinner: First, Chef Brian Floyd, CEC gave the group of friends and partners a sneak peak of a conceptual rendering of the proposed student-operated bistro to be located in downtown Fairmont. Chef Floyd then announced the Pierpont Culinary Academy: A named program of distinction, recognized for continued successful accreditation, sustained growth and future vision.

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Pierpont Culinary Academy Announced

A special group of friends and partners gathered on Saturday March 28, 2009, as the Pierpont Community Technical College announced the Pierpont Culinary Academy. Pierpont Culinary Academy is a named program of distinction, recognized for continued successful accreditation, sustained growth and future vision.

The Pierpont Culinary Academy features the nationally American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission(ACFAC) accredited Culinary Arts program and the ACFAC accredited Pastry & Baking Arts program. Future plans for the Academy are to pursue a student-operated bistro in downtown Fairmont, to maintain a superior level of quality education, and to continue its partnership with the City of Fairmont, Main Street Fairmont, Marion County Chamber of Commerce, and the Fairmont Community Development Partnership in its efforts to support community and economic development in Fairmont and Marion County.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Pierpont Culinary offers Scholarships to ProStart

Pictured above (LtoR)Putnam Co., Marion Co., Wood Co.
The 2009 ProStart Hospitality Cup was held at Stonewall Resort recently. Pierpont Culinary provided scholarships for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams in the culinary competition.
For the fifth year in a row, Pierpont offer full tuition waivers for the 1st place team, half tuition waivers for the second place team, and quarter tuition waivers for the third place team.
This year's two-day event featured eleven teams from around the state. Each team competed in the business management portion of the competition on day 1 and the cooking competition on day 2.
Putnam County Career & Technical Center won 1st place in culinary competition, Marion County Technical Center won 2nd, and Wood County Vo-tech Center won 3rd.