Released on: December 19, 2007, 1:14 pm

Press Release Author: The Art Institutes

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: For high school seniors that can stand the heat of the
kitchen, there\'s no better place to show off their culinary know-how than at The Art
Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition 2008.

Press Release Body: The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes are
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.
According to Chef Michael Nenes, Assistant Vice President of Culinary Arts for The
Art Institutes, 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 Institute school where they wish to
enter the competition or fill out an online entry form at
http://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.
Local Best Teen Chef Cook-off Competitions will be held at participating Art
Institutes locations 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
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/Competitions/BestTeenChef.aspx?prid=btc_1207_004_pr.


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

Contact:
Jacki Muller
Vice President, Public Relations
The Art Institutes
jpmuller@aii.edu

Devra Pransky
The Art Institutes
412.995.7685
dpransky@aii.edu


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

Contact Details: Jacki Muller
Vice President, Public Relations
The Art Institutes
210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
jpmuller@aii.edu

Devra Pransky
The Art Institutes
210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.995.7685
dpransky@aii.edu