RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: The Next Top Chef? Five local high school students compete for "Top Chef" award at Cerritos Sheraton Hotel

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Next Top Chef? Five local high school students compete for "Top Chef" award at Cerritos Sheraton Hotel

Competing in the "New" Top Chef Contest at the Cerritos Sheraton Hotel are Adam Wilson, 18, from Cerritos High School, Stephanie Fong, 17 from Whitney High School, Chef Carlos Garcia from the Cerritos Sheraton, Katherine Olaguver, 17 from Cerritos High School, and Adam Drummond, 17 from Tracy High School and Steve Shim, 17 from Whitney HS..

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Five great young aspiring "chefs" are participating in a competition at the Cerritos Sheraton Hotel at the Cerritos Towne Center.

The five students involved reside here in our community and attend the ABC Unified School District Regional Occupation Program (ROP). All of them currently attending Cerritos High School, Whitney High School and Tracy High School.

These "soon to be chefs" will be presenting one dish that they created and perfected over the past 12 weeks to a group of local culinary experts who will be serving as judges. The winning dish will make its way onto the new menu that is being revamped at the hotel's fantastic "Grille 91 Restaurant." The "Grille 91" has some of the best food in this entire area, and a new menu is about to be announced.

Chef Carlos Garcia (middle) from the Sheraton Cerritos has been serving the instructor for these students during this past school semester. He is totally impressed with all of their skills. "All five of these young chefs have done an incredible job here in our kitchen, and all of them have very bright futures," said Garcia.

I had the honor of "testing" all five of the dishes in the completion during a "run through" last week. All of them were amazing...all of them!

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