
HYDE PARK, N.Y. — The Culinary Institute of The usa (CIA) honored six Champions of Global Delicacies at the 2022 CIA Leadership Awards. Maneet Chauhan ’00, Dr. Jessica B. Harris, Enrique Olvera ’99, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino ’97, Roy Yamaguchi ’76, and Jungsik Yim ’05 received the Augie™ for their dedication to cultivating an comprehending, adoption, and appreciate of globe cuisines between many persons. Proceeds from the event—which elevated more than $1 million—will aid scholarships for CIA pupils, additional than 90% of whom rely on fiscal support to realize their desire of attending the world’s leading culinary higher education. Hundreds of hospitality industry leaders, superstar chefs, and other luminaries from business enterprise and entertainment joined the celebration of these 6 industry icons, held at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom.
“Through their lives’ do the job, this year’s honorees have demonstrated the connective electric power of food stuff and underscored that we are a lot more alike than we are distinctive,” mentioned CIA President Dr. Tim Ryan. “I just can’t consider of superior function styles for our college students, the torchbearers of tomorrow.”
The CIA produced the Augies in recognition of famed French chef Auguste Escoffier’s unwavering pursuit of excellence, creativity, and professionalism. The university has been honoring foodstuff and hospitality marketplace leaders who exemplify these traits given that 2007.
8 CIA alumni—Daniel Joseph Corpuz ’19, Fany Gerson’98, Tony Liu ’98, King Phojanakong ’98, Matthew Raiford ’98, Tia Raiford ’98, Alex Raij ’99, and Cédric Vongerichten ’06—served as guest cooks all through the cocktail and dessert receptions, assisted by 30 current CIA pupils.
The CIA Management Awards have been created attainable, in element, by the generous guidance of platinum sponsor Pepsico Foodservice gold sponsors Ecolab and Roy Yamaguchi Hawaii Cafe Team silver sponsors, Breakthru Beverage Team, Colavita, KitchenAid Industrial, MolsonCoors bronze sponsors, Edlong Company, S.Katzman Make, and Steelite Worldwide and dozens of other suppliers to the food and hospitality industries, additionally a lot of unique buddies of the CIA.
About The Culinary Institute of America
Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is the world’s premier culinary school. Devoted to developing leaders in food, beverage, and hospitality, the non-public, not-for-revenue higher education presents bachelor’s, and associate degrees with majors in culinary arts, baking & pastry arts, food stuff company management, hospitality management, culinary science, and applied food research. The CIA’s College of Graduate and Experienced Scientific studies features master’s degrees in sustainable meals methods, foods enterprise, and wine and beverage administration, as nicely as govt education and certificate programs. Its conferences, management initiatives, and consulting providers have created the CIA the believe tank of the food stuff industry, and its throughout the world network of much more than 50,000 alumni incorporates innovators in just about every spot of the food globe. The CIA has spots in New York, California, Texas, and Singapore. For far more information, visit www.ciachef.edu.