The professional kitchen is a team environment, full of unsung heroes– the working cooks who make it all possible. Every well-known chef has risen to the top of the profession with guidance and training from others. They have been mentored, prodded, encouraged, taught a skill, given a first job or a second chance.
Today, Chef Celebration Foundation of San Diego is passing on this tradition of learning and support to San Diego’s rising stars. 2012 marks the first year that Chef Celebration chose 12 culinarians, nominated by chefs in San Diego with whom they’ve worked, to go on a group trip to the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone Campus in Napa Valley, CA for a week of intensive courses designed specifically for us! It was a great success and we are looking forward to the future trips, the friendships, and the learned skills that can only improve the community of future chefs in San Diego.
2012 |
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RecipientRyan Lovecchio |
RestaurantRancho Valencia |
ChefEric Bauer |
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2011Allison Howitt |
2010Alfredo Castellanos |
2009Gabriel Bonis |
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2008John Harder |
2006Mike Englund |
2005Justin Huntington |
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2004Violette Tafoya |
2003Collin Wehner |
2002Desiree Jones |
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2001Ryan DeGoursey |
2000Ngoc Ai Van |
1999Ivan Christopher Blauw |
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1998Mark Max Elfmann |
1997Gregory Joseph |