{"id":106542,"date":"2019-11-19T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T01:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=106542"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:25:45","slug":"shurilla-on-food-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/19\/shurilla-on-food-network\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College culinary arts program coordinator returns to battle on Food Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_43520\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q2iSde4VoBE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"UH Maui College culinary arts program coordinator returns to battle on Food Network\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure> (Opening photo credit: Food Network)<\/div>\n<p>From bonbons to baked goods, <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a> Assistant Professor and <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/culinary\/\">Culinary Arts<\/a> Program Coordinator <strong>Teresa Shurilla<\/strong>&#8212;better known as Cheech&#8212;is in her element in the pastry kitchen. Her sugar work is especially sensational.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s no surprise that she\u2019s been an invited competitor multiple times on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/\">Food Network<\/a> shows, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/shows\/halloween-wars\"><em>Halloween Wars<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&#8217;s good for me personally, because it just pushes me to a limit that I don\u2019t think I would do normally,&rdquo; Shurilla says. &ldquo;So competition is always good. It makes you better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her latest sweet skirmish, (<abbr title=\"number\">No<\/abbr>. 5, to be exact) with shades of Santa, is on a new show called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/shows\/holiday-wars\"><em>Holiday Wars<\/em><\/a>, scheduled to begin airing on Food Network on December 1.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106548\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"culinary teacher and student making bon bons\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-2-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College Assistant Professor Teresa Shurilla teaches one of her students how to make bon bons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shurilla said, &ldquo;I think the reason that I go out and do these little adventures that I do is so that I can entice students to come to the program and see what we have in the baking and pastry department as well as cooking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Students, who have come to <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College from near and far, are impressed with both Shurilla and the program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think her dedication and her love for pastry kind rubbed off on us, because she\u2019s so motivated and she\u2019s so energetic,&rdquo; says culinary arts student <strong>Meili Jahja<\/strong>, a Baldwin High School graduate, who said she considered going away to the mainland at first, &ldquo;And then I was like, &lsquo;Why would I go there for culinary school when we have such an amazing program here?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Culinary arts student <strong>Stephanie Serraglio<\/strong> moved from Vancouver, Canada, to study at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College. &ldquo;It was worth traveling half-way across the world,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It\u2019s a really great program and the community here is amazing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shurilla started teaching pastry at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College 18 years ago and was a pastry chef for almost 20 years before that. In March 1992, her pi&#241;a colada cheesecake graced the cover of <em>Food &#38; Wine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>These days, she\u2019s teaching everything from the proper tempering of chocolate for elaborate handcrafted bon bons (to sell as a fundraiser for the program), to the design and construction of many-tiered wedding cakes and, of course, sugar artistry.<\/p>\n<p>Serraglio said, &ldquo;She is amazing and very enthusiastic. I\u2019ve never met anybody that wakes up every day and really puts that much passion into what she does and also teaching the students, because she\u2019s really here for us; which is the best part.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She really loves what she\u2019s doing and she loves her students,&rdquo; added culinary arts student <strong>Angel Burger<\/strong>, a Maui High School graduate. &ldquo;This is like the perfect place for her to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106549\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-1.jpg\" alt=\"female bakers with christmas themed cake\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maui-culinary-shurilla-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cake artist Flora Aghababyan and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College Assistant Professor Teresa Shurilla (Team Peppermint Posse) compete in <em>Holiday Wars<\/em>. 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