Neci Announces $10,000 Taste Of New England Scholarship Recipe Contest

The New England Culinary Institute Announces Call for Entries
For the 1st Annual Taste of New England Recipe Contest

A $10,000 scholarship is in store for the first place winner of the The New England Culinary Institutes (NECI) first annual Taste of New England Recipe Contest. Contestants must submit a completed application packet along with their recipe for an entrie featuring ingredients native to the six New England states.

The second place winner will receive a $7,500 scholarship and the third place winner will receive $5,000. Scholarships will be applicable to the December 2003 term of the Associates Degree in Culinary Arts.

Judges for the contest will be NECI co-founder and VP of Culinary Affairs, Chef Michel LeBorgne, distinguished NECI graduates Angela and Seth Raynor, co-owners of the renowned Nantucket restaurants The Pearl and The Boardinghouse, and Chris Frothingham, executive chef of Todd Englishs Bonfire in Boston, MA.

New England Culinary Institute was founded in 1980 with a unique educational model featuring learn-by-doing training in real life situations. The Institute, which has grown to three campuses - two in Vermont and one at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, BVI - produces highly qualified chefs, managers, culinary professionals, and industry leaders. Recognized internationally for its innovative, immersion style of education, the Institute is known for their low student to teacher ratio, providing a personal and focused educational model. New England Culinary Institute offers an A.O.S. degree in Culinary Arts, an A.O.S. Degree in Food and Beverage Management, a Bachelors Degree in Food and Beverage Management, a Certificate in Basic Cooking and a host of non-professional cooking programs. Also known for its fine dining and catering, the school owns or operates twelve diverse food service outlets.

For more information, or to receive an official NECI Taste of New England Recipe Contest packet, call 877-223-6324 or visit our website at www.neci.edu