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The Culinary Trust Announces Scholarship Program

for the 2009-2010 Academic Year 

New York, NY (December, 2008) – The Culinary Trust will accept scholarship applications for formal culinary education and independent study and research from November 15 – February 15, 2010. There are 28 scholarships available with a value of nearly $90,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Scholarship selection is based on merit, foodservice work experience, culinary goals, skills and references. In order to qualify:

• Applicants to vocational, associates or bachelors degree scholarships do not need to have foodservice experience unless required for admission to the program of study.
• Applicants to continuing education & advanced degree scholarships must have two-years of foodservice or related industry experience.

• Applicants to vocational, associates and bachelors degree and continuing education scholarships are required to submit a two-page essay (double-spaced) illustrating their culinary goals. Applicants to independent study scholarships will provide a project proposal in place of the essay.
• Applicants, who have been students at any time during the five-years prior to application, must have a 3.0 grade-point-average (GPA) or higher and provide a transcript.
• All applicants are required to submit two letters of professional reference on business or personal letterhead.
• Independent research scholarship applicants must submit a project proposal with a budget, tentative travel dates and current resume.
• There is an application fee due upon receipt of application.

The scholarships are valid from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 (unless otherwise noted in the 2009-2010 Scholarship Program Listing) and applications must be postmarked by February 15,2010.

The scholarships offer an assortment of funding opportunities available for the educational pursuits of beginning and/or currently enrolled culinary students as well as long-time culinary professionals seeking funding for continuing education short-courses and/or conducting independent study and research.

2009-10 Scholarship Donors:

• Brown-Forman Bonterra Vineyards
• Charlie Trotter’s Culinary Education Foundation (Ill.)
• Cuisinart (Conn.)
• International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California, San Francisco
• Le Cordon Bleu Australia at Adelaide University
• Le Cordon Bleu London Culinary Arts Institute
• Le Cordon Bleu Anahuac (Mexico)
• Le Cordon Bleu Paris Academie d’Art Culinaire
• Le Cordon Bleu Japan, Tokyo School
• Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute
• The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone Campus (Calif.)
• The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park Campus (N.Y.)
• The Julia Child Fund at the Boston Foundation
• The Culinary Trust
• The French Culinary Institute (N.Y.)
• The Institute of Culinary Education (N.Y.)
• Zwilling J.A. Henckels, Inc. (N.Y.)

Applicants may visit The Culinary Trust’s Web site at http://www.theculinarytrust.com/ to download the 2009-2010 Scholarship Program Listing, which provides complete details for all available awards, and the 2009-2010 Scholarship Application. Applications may also be received by contacting The Culinary Trust by mail at PO Box 273 New York, NY 10013 or by phone or fax at 646.224.6989.

The Culinary Trust, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, celebrates the culinary past and funds the culinary future through scholarship, grant and preservation programs that encourage and enable professionals in the pursuit of the culinary arts.