Released on: December 18, 2007, 11:34 am

Press Release Author: Anjila Kozel

Industry: Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary: The International Culinary School at The Art Institutes
International Minnesota is summoning the best teen chefs across the U.S. and Canada
to strut their culinary chops in The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition 2008.


Press Release Body: The International Culinary School at The Art Institutes
International Minnesota is summoning the best teen chefs across the U.S. and Canada
to strut their culinary chops in The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition 2008.


Open to high school seniors in the U.S. and Canada, the Best Teen Chef Competition
was created to encourage and recognize young culinary talent.

Now in its ninth year, the Best Teen Chef Competition awards more than $250,000 in
tuition scholarships to The Art Institutes schools.

Top prize winners in the Competition can win a full-tuition scholarship toward an
associate\'s degree, certificate or diploma program, to study culinary arts at one of
the more than 30 participating Art Institute locations, including The Art Institutes
International Minnesota.

According to John Cappellucci, Chef Director for the Culinary Arts programs at The
Art Institutes International Minnesota, this year the stakes are higher than ever
before for the young competitors. "As the competition has built a reputation in the
past eight years, the skill level of those students entering has risen
exponentially."

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.

To be eligible to participate in the Competition, high school seniors must first
send a complete Entry & Release Form to The Art Institutes International Minnesota
or fill out an online entry form at
www.artinstitutes.edu/Competitions/BestTeenChef.aspx?prid=btc_1207_004_pr, by
February 8, 2008. Deadline for entries to be received into the Competition is
February 29, 2008.

A Local Best Teen Chef Cook-off Competition will be held at The Art Institutes
International Minnesota 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, visit
www.artinstitutes.edu/Competitions/BestTeenChef.aspx?prid=btc_1207_004_pr or contact
an Admissions Representative at 1-800-777-3643 or aimadm@aii.edu.

The Art Institutes International Minnesota is one of The Art Institutes
(www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 35 education institutions located
throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts,
fashion and culinary arts professionals.


Web Site: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/btc

Contact Details: Anjila Kozel
The Art Institutes International Minnesota
15 South 9th St
Minneapolis, MN 55402
p: 612-656-6862
f: 612-338-2417
e: akozel@aii.edu