NEWSWORTHY
When Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary
Arts in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Calif., was
asked by the Pasadena Museum of History
to participate in Pasadena’s 124th birthday
celebration, it knew the celebration needed
a spectacular birthday cake. A team of 14
future pastry chefs, under the direction of
cake designer and pastry chef Alicia Boada,
CEPC, CCE, CCA, came up with numerous
ideas, eventually choosing to construct a
cake to replicate Pasadena’s City Hall. The
team worked together every day to perfect
its creation, which included hundreds of
handmade sugar roses and details such as
hand-sculpted artichokes, scrolls, lion heads
and garlands. After two weeks, the 3-foot
tall, six-tier, 100 lb. cake was complete. The
replica was revealed to the public June 12
at the Pasadena Museum of History, and
was cut by Mayor Bill Bogaard to celebrate
the city’s 124th birthday.
PASTRY STUDENTS CREATE BIRTHDAY CAKE
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in
Los Angeles pastry students work on the
3-foot cake replica of Pasadena City Hall to
commemorate Pasadena’s 124th birthday.
ACF Professional Chefs Association
of South Jersey and the Atlantic City
Aquarium, Atlantic City, N.J., held its
Chefs at the Shore event June 17 at
the aquarium. More than 20 chefs and
restaurants were featured, and guests
CHEFS AT THE SHORE IN NEW JERSEY
enjoyed live demonstrations as well as a
guest appearance from Russell Newberry of
Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.”
“This is the seventh year we have held the
event to raise money for student culinary
scholarships and to fund educational
programs for kids to teach them about local
marine life,” said David Goldstein, chapter
vice president. “We ended up with more than
400 tickets sold and a lot of sponsorships
and donations. It was a great success.”
IN MEMORIAM We mourn the passing of our fellow culinarians, who meant so much to the industry and to the American Culinary Federation.
Sean Patrick Canty
ACF Windy City Professional Culinarians Inc.
Anna E. Chenin, CEPC, AAC
ACF Cleveland Chapter Inc.
George Fiene, CCC
ACF Palm Beach County Chefs Association
Carmen D. Martelli
ACF Pittsburgh Chapter
John D. Todd, AAC
In July, Thomas Recinella, CEC, AAC, left,
was honored as State University of New
York (SUNY) at Delhi’s Advisor of the Year
for 2009-2010. In addition, seven culinary
students were honored for Excellence in
Community Service for contributing more
than 1,500 hours of service in the community.
Students, from left to right, are: Kenny
Liranzo, Julie Hernandez, Chase Devine,
Sarah Thurgood, Katherine McGeary, Joe
Michaud and Krystal Santiago.
