SAVORING TASTE OF VICTORY : VALLEY STUDENTS COOK UP COLLEGE FUNDS AT CONTEST.Byline: Kimberly Kindy kindy, kindie Noun pl -dies Austral & NZ informal a kindergarten Daily News Staff Writer Five San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. student chefs learned Friday they have successfully cooked their way into college. Each won scholarships covering part or all of their tuition to culinary art schools. ``I can't believe I got a scholarship,'' said Monroe High senior Robert Servin, quickly launching into an acceptance speech: ``I want to thank my mom for buying vegetables to practice with and giving me time in her kitchen.'' Under the eyes of master chefs who acted as judges Wednesday, the students each prepared a poached poach 1 tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine. chicken breast with chive chive: see onion. chive Small, hardy perennial plant (Allium schoenoprasum) of the lily family, related to the onion. Its small, white, elongated bulbs and thin, tubular leaves grow in clumps. sauce, an intricately carved vegetable dish and crepes with chocolate sauce. It was part of the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program offered at 12 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. , one of only seven school districts in the nation that offers the program. The four-hour competition left some crying, others begging for sleep - and all nervously waiting for two days to learn if their concoctions earned them a ticket to college. Some, such as Monroe senior Rosalinda Valdespino, will be the first in their families to attend college. ``When you are born in another country you never think you'll get anything like this,'' said Valdespino, who immigrated with her family seven years ago to the United States from Mexico. ``I can now set an example for my little brother, who's 10,'' she said. ``He will know he should go to college too.'' The top Valley winner was Rosa Rivas, a Francis Polytechnic High School senior, who won a $22,760 scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Valdespino won a four-year, $12,000 scholarship to California Polytechnic University at Pomona. Servin won an $11,000 scholarship to the California Culinary Academy  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. in San Francisco. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: RIVAS |
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