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Published Friday, October 03, 2008 in Local
West Central culinary students take chili bragging rights
West Central Technical College's Culinary Arts Program claimed bragging rights in the Taste of Newnan Chili Cook Off Thursday evening.
The program was awarded the coveted "People's Choice" award.
The program, located on Martin Luther King Drive in the Central Educational Center, is a full professional culinary arts program. Around 25 students dressed in full chef regalia showed up on a volunteer basis to participate in the booth.
Chef Amy Chaffin, director of culinary arts, says that "every year is a new chili. We don't cook with recipes, but rather we mix and match basic ingredients with different flavors that we are studying to create unique and exciting dishes. The students determine what goes into the final product. I believe that in order to learn all that I have to teach them that it has to be in a positive and fun environment."
"We look forward to having West Central Technical College at our Taste of Newnan's each year. The students take so much pride in their booth and their food presentation. It amazes me that we have a formal culinary arts program right here at home," says Linda Kee, director of Main Street Newnan. "I am always looking forward to what they are going to do next. How exciting for them that this vote was a landslide."
The Culinary Arts Program offers classes in everything from foodservice safety and sanitation to international cuisine.
For more information on the program, contact Chef Amy Chaffin, Director of Culinary Arts at 770-423-2000, ext. 210.
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I am excited for the culinary school as well. I have spoken on the phone with Chef Amy and she is very proud of the program and her students as she should be. Our restaurant actually won the blue ribbon for first place in the chili cookoff from the judges and there was no mention of that in the paper. What do you make of that? In these difficult economic times every bit of advertising you can get is critical and may ultimately mean the success or failure of a new business, and yet we were not mentioned in regard to our acheivement. Furthermore, we did not know where to tell our customers to go to vote for the peoples choice. How was it conducted? Was it one vote per person? Thanks for your time. Claire of Claire's Love Your Mother Cafe
Posted by claire williams at 4:01 PM