MISSION COLLEGE'S COOKS STIR UP BRONZE IN CONTEST.Byline: Lisa Sodders Staff Writer SYLMAR - A team of culinary arts students from Mission College who had hoped to win a berth in an international cooking contest instead earned a bronze medal during a qualifier in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , campus officials said. First place, and the right to compete in the International Culinary Olympiad in Germany in 2004 went to Walnut Hill Walnut Hill may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Second place went to Johnson County Community College's Junior Team from Johnson County, Kansas Johnson County (county code JO) is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county's population — the fastest growing in the state of Kansas — was estimated to be 516,731 in 2006,[] making it the largest in the state. . But the coach for Mission College's Culinary Youth Team was pleased nonetheless with his group's performance. ``Nationally, they put Mission College on the map,'' said Chef Rudy Garcia, the team's coach, noting that the judges praised the Mission team's ``elegant'' menu during the July 23 competition. Garcia also noted that the Mission College team was the youngest of the eight teams, and that none of the students had ever competed before. Team members are Stephen Gillanders, 19, Matthew Anderson, 20, Theresa Moses, 19, Adria Macias, 19, and Mary Ann Shenouda, 20. Garcia has high hopes for the team. He plans to send the group to compete in the American Culinary Federation's Hot Food regional competition in October. |
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