sullivan university
honors hiroshi
noguchi
The National Center for Hospitality
Studies at Sullivan University,
Louisville, Ky., honored Hiroshi
Noguchi, CEC, AAC, a retired
chef from Orlando, Fla., with its
annual Distinguished Visiting Chef
Award, Feb. 24. Noguchi is the 39th
recipient of the award, and joins chefs
that include Bob Kinkead, Emeril
Lagasse, Rick Tramonto and Marcel
Desaulniers as an award recipient.
students from
around the world
compete in chicago
Teams of culinary students from
seven countries visited the Kendall
College School of Culinary Arts,
Chicago, Jan. 27-28, to compete in a
global cooking competition. Valeria
Coto and Marcela Ramirez from
Universidad del Valle de Mexico
took home the Laureate Culinary
Cup and gold medals. Second place
went to Alison Honiotes and Adam
Harralson of Kendall College, and
third place went to Mohamad Irshied
and Khaled Haddad from the Royal
Academy of Culinary Arts, Jordan.
CIA student wins
barry callebaut
competition
Sean Pera, a student at The Culinary
Institute of America, Hyde Park,
N. Y., won the first-place grand prize
of $3,000 in the student category
of Barry Callebaut’s Cacao Barry
L’Art du Chocolatier Challenge held
Jan. 11-12 at the Barry Callebaut
Chocolate Academy, Chicago.
Veronica Espinoza of Le Cordon
Bleu in Austin and Brad Hansel of
the French Pastry School, Chicago,
placed second, and Glynis Karnop
of the University of Alaska,
Anchorage, Kara Schnaus of Sullivan
University, Louisville, Ky., and
Katrina Snelgrove of Pennsylvania
College of Technology, Williamsport,
Pa., placed third.
pear recipe contest
Post-secondary culinary students
are invited to enter USA Pear’s
insPEARational recipe competition
now through March 31 for the
chance to win up to $2,500 in cash.
Create an original recipe using any
fresh USA Pear variety in the
breakfast, salad, soup, appetizer, side
dish, entrée or dessert category for
the chance to be selected as one of
three semifinalists who will receive
an all-expense-paid trip to Portland,
Ore., to cook for a panel of judges.
Apply at usapears.org/students.aspx.
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contests, student accomplishments
and school announcements, to
sizzle@acfchefs.net.
top: Kendall College’s Renee Zonka,
CEC, MBA, RD, CHE, second from
right, congratulates, from left to right,
Drew Larson, Mark Sabbe and
Jennifer Heringhausen.
middle: Competitors vied for the
Laureate Culinary Cup at Kendall
College, Chicago, Jan. 27-28.
Bottom left: Sean Pera
Bottom right: Hiroshi Noguchi, CEC, AAC
