Is Your Teen the Next Food Network Star?

Does your high school senior spend most of his/her free time in the kitchen, whipping up gourmet meals for you and your family? If so, consider yourself very, very lucky. Then consider signing them up for The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition. The local competition will take place in April 2008, and that person will go on to the national finals, held in Las Vegas in May.

Winners will receive full-tuition scholarships to culinary school (including The Art Institute of Dallas), and the first place winner will get to be “Intern for a Day” at the Food Network kitchens in New York City.

Trust me–I was once an intern at the Food Network myself, and the stories alone are worth the trip. Besides, there’s nothing like chopping up boxes of red bell peppers into fine brunoise for Emeril to throw at food to make you feel like a real chef.

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Only the Best Can Slice, Dice and Chop Their Way to the Title of
Best Teen Chef

[DALLAS, OCTOBER 4, 2007] — For high school seniors that can stand the
heat of the kitchen, there’s no better place to show off their culinary know-
how than at The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition 2008.
Now in its ninth year, the Best Teen Chef Competition awards more than
$250,000 in tuition scholarships to The Art Institutes schools to high school
seniors in the U.S. and Canada interested in pursuing a career in the fast
growing culinary industry.
Top prize winners in the competition can win a full-tuition scholarship towards
an associate’s degree, certificate or diploma program, to study culinary arts
at any of the 30 participating Art Institute locations including The Art
Institute of Dallas.
In addition to a full-tuition scholarship and the title of Best Teen Chef 2008,
the first place winner in the national competition, in partnership with Food
Network, will be an “Intern for a Day” at the Food Network Kitchens in New
York City. The winner will also receive a tour of the Food Network Studios,
dinner for two at a Food Network chef’s restaurant and a library of Food
Network Kitchens cookbooks.
According to Chef Larry Matson, Director of Culinary Arts at The Art Institute
of Dallas, “Each year we see the interest in this competition grow. Teenagers
still in high school are demonstrating the determination, focus and drive
needed to have a career in the challenging field of culinary arts.”
To be eligible to participate in the competition, you must first send a
complete Entry & Release form to The Art Institute of Dallas or fill out an
online entry form at www.artinstitutes.edu/btc by February 8, 2008. Deadline
for entries to be received into the competition at The Art Institute of Dallas is
February 29, 2008. A Local Best Teen Chef Cook-off Competition will be held
at The Art Institute of Dallas on April 12, 2008.
The National Best Teen Chef Final Round Competition will be held on
Saturday, May 17, 2008, at The Art Institute of Las Vegas.
For more information on The Best Teen Chef Competition, contact Sarah
Stockton, Director of Public Relations at The Art Institute of Dallas at
sstockton@aii.edu or 214-692-8080, or visit www.artinstitutes.edu/btc.