{"id":108129,"date":"2019-12-17T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=108129"},"modified":"2020-03-12T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:53:09","slug":"hawaii-cc-palamanui-culinary-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/17\/hawaii-cc-palamanui-culinary-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u2018i <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2013P\u0101lamanui culinary arts students receive scholarships at event"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_108142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108142\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hawaii-culinary-scholarships.jpg\" alt=\"culinary students and instructors\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hawaii-culinary-scholarships.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hawaii-culinary-scholarships-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hawaii-culinary-scholarships-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estefie Viernes, Blossom Kaunoni, Vichadach Chotikawan, Kamaile Gusman, Annie Skilling, associate professor Paul Heerlein and instructor Kerstin Pfeiffer. Not pictured: Tanner Legler. (Photo credit: Kirk Shorte)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Six culinary arts students from <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanui\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P\u0101lamanui<\/a> received scholarships on Saturday, December 7, during the 31st Christmas with the Chefs holiday gala.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships were awarded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.konakohalachefs.org\/\">American Culinary Federation (<abbr>ACF<\/abbr>) Kona Kohala Chefs Association<\/a>, which uses proceeds from the event to support local culinary arts students and members of the association who want to further their education.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship recipients this year are <strong>Estefie Viernes<\/strong>, <strong>Blossom Kaunoni<\/strong>, <strong>Vichadach Chotikawan<\/strong>, <strong>Kamaile Gusman<\/strong>, <strong>Annie Skilling<\/strong> and <strong>Tanner Legler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These scholarships aid students completing their two-year Associate of Applied Science culinary degree, while preparing them for gainful employment in the workforce,&rdquo; said <strong>Jean Hull<\/strong>, a retired <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> culinary arts associate professor and founder of Christmas with the Chefs.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event support scholarships as well as the <abbr>ACF<\/abbr> Kona Kohala Chefs and Jean Hull Endowment fund. The fund, set up in 2015, finances guest speakers, travel to student competitions and purchases of the latest culinary equipment and supplies for students.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the Christmas with the Chefs has awarded about $900,000 in total funds. Mark your calendar for next year\u2019s 32nd benefit on December 5, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/culinary\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College Culinary Arts program<\/a> is offered at two locations: the Manono Campus in Hilo and the P\u0101lamanui Campus in Kona.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Thatcher Moats<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>&#8212;P\u0101lamanui Culinary Arts students receive scholarships from the American Culinary Federation Kona Kohala Chefs Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,377,61,435,660],"class_list":["post-108129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-arts-program","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-palamanui","tag-student-recognition","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108129"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113384,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108129\/revisions\/113384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}