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Chicago High School Student Named Best Teen
Chef in America By Winning the Art Institutes National Cook-Off
180,000 in Scholarships Awarded
ATLANTA, May 7, 2001 /PRNewswire/ -- From master mechanic to master chef. That's where 17-year-old high school student and part-time body shop mechanic Anthony Tabb sees his career heading after being named America's top teen chef this weekend in The Art Institutes National High School Culinary Cook-Off competition in Atlanta.
Tabb, a high school senior from Riverside Brookfield High School in Riverside, IL, (a Chicago suburb) beat out 23 other contestants from throughout the U.S. in a pressure-packed two-hour cook-off. All of the students prepared a menu of tenderloin of beef, crab cakes and Caesar salad under the watchful eyes of six judges, including three Master Chefs who teach at The Art Institutes. For his efforts, Tabb wins a full scholarship to The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, worth approximately $29,000 plus other prizes, including an induction stove with a complete set of professional quality stainless steel pots and pans, valued at approximately $1,500.
Tabb plans to pursue his dream of opening his own restaurant after completing his education, in Chicago, one of the nation's toughest and best restaurant cities.
The exhausting daylong event featured an orientation at 7:30 a.m., three heats of eight contestants cooking for two hours each between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., judging and prizes awarded at 7 p.m.
"If this is the future of the food service industry in this country, then we have absolutely nothing to worry about," said Joseph Shilling, a judge and the chef director at The Art Institute of Philadelphia.
Joseph Messina, a high school senior from Sun Valley, CA, representing The Art Institute of Los Angeles, was the second place finisher, while Crystal Haire, a high school senior from Sunrise, FL who will attend The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, finished third. Both will receive full-tuition scholarships.
Fourth through sixth place finishers receive half-tuition scholarships, worth approximately $14,500. They are: Brother Luck, representing The Art Institute of Phoenix, who finished fourth; Darnell Perryman, representing The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, who finished fifth; and Kevin Gillespie, representing The Art Institute of Atlanta, who finished sixth.
Seventh through ninth place finishers receive quarter tuition scholarships, worth approximately $7,250. They are: Andrew Ungs, representing The Art Institutes International Minnesota (seventh); Alec Joe Henrickson, representing The New York Restaurant School (eighth); and Jamie Lorin Wood, representing The Art Institute of Phoenix (ninth).
Twenty-four students from 13 states, who survived a grueling preliminary regional competition held last month that included more than 100 students nationwide, competed in Atlanta.
Coast-to-coast regional events were held at 12 of The Art Institutes across the country where culinary arts programs are currently available and where scholarships will be awarded to winning students: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Seattle. Last year's winner, Brent Lewis of Loveland, Colorado, currently attends The Art Institute of Colorado in Denver.
Now in its second year, the scholarship competition requires that interested students submit a notebook of information, including a two-course meal menu, recipes, photographs of each course and the meal, and a cost analysis of the menu. Additionally, students were asked for a descriptive paragraph of why they want to enter the culinary profession, along with a resume, transcripts and letters of recommendation.
A panel of professional chefs and faculty served as judges, including three American Culinary Federation Certified Master Chefs who are on the faculty of The Art Institutes. They are: Master Chefs Klaus Friedenreich from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Charles Boley from The Art Institute of Dallas and Walter Leible from The Art Institute of Phoenix.
SOURCE The Art Institutes
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