2012 Celebrity Chef Invitational marked 20th anniversary
by Ted Kincaid |
This year marks the 40th anniversary of UAA's Culinary Arts program, and on its heels
is the 20th anniversary of the department's signature annual benefit event, the
Celebrity Chef Invitational, held last month on Sept. 19. For this year's milestone
occasion, the program welcomed Alaska's own Kirsten Dixon, award-winning chef and
food writer from Within the Wild, Alaskan Adventure Lodges. Serving under her for the event were five student teams (one per course on the menu),
each headed by two culinary arts alumni. As always, the Celebrity Chef Invitational
raised funds to provide scholarship opportunities to students and for maintenance
of state-of-the-art learning facilities while showcasing UAA's talented Culinary Arts
and Hospitality students to key players in Alaska's hospitality industry. This year's
event welcomed 272 attendees, involved 15 alumni total, and raised $39,000 in scholarship
funds.
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