Pastry School in Her Future
by Kirk Bangstad
kirk.bangstad@chefschoolreview.com
Chef School Review Columnist
A teen’s recent 3rd place finish at the SkillsUSA competition has landed her some lucrative pastry school scholarship offers.
Pastry Turns into Dollars
The local paper in Peru, Indiana recently released an article about Yolanda Garretson. Garretson took 3rd place in a pastry-making contest sponsored by SkillsUSA, a student organization with hundreds of thousands of members from all over the country. They hold contests in pastry-making as well as in approximately 70 other disciplines. By placing 3rd in this competition, Garretson earned scholarships from three different pastry schools in Kentucky, Connecticut, and North Carolina.
Baking and Pastry Schools Searching for Talent
There are a number of organizations like SkillsUSA that offer pastry-making and other culinary competitions around the country. The number of these competitions is growing because the culinary industry is looking for more talent. America is embracing the culinary arts more and more, meaning that the demand for skilled bakers and chefs is on the rise. Culinary and pastry schools recruit talented students through culinary competitions to help meet this growing demand.
Does Your Future Involve a Baking and Pastry School?
If you want to attend a baking and pastry school, look online for schools near you. When interviewing a potential baking and pastry school, try to determine how many students graduate from that school with jobs in the industry. The answer to that question will give you a good idea of how well the school helps its graduates find jobs.
Whether your prize pastry earns you a full-ride to a pastry school, or you have to enroll the old fashioned way, just make sure you get there. A baking career requires a lot of professional training, and you don’t want to sink like a bad soufflé when it comes to landing a baking job.
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About the Author
Kirk Bangstad is a singer living in Chicago, IL. Having received his B.A. in Government at Harvard, Kirk previously worked as a management consultant.
Posted on November 28, 2006 at 12:33 PM
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