James Beard Foundation & Benchmark Hospitality Announce Applications Are Open for the 2013 Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship (United States)
Applications for the 2013 Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship are now open to culinary students globally with demonstrated need, announced Benchmark Hospitality International® and the The James Beard Foundation in New York City. The scholarship fund was established by Benchmark Hospitality in 2009 to celebrate the memory and legacy of the company’s first vice president of food & beverage, Bob Zappatelli. Applications are being received through May 15, 2013. |
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James Beard Foundation & Benchmark Hospitality Announce Applications Are Open for the 2013 Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship (United States)
Applications for the 2013 Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship are now open to culinary students globally with demonstrated need, announced Benchmark Hospitality International® and the The James Beard Foundation in New York City. The scholarship fund was established by Benchmark Hospitality in 2009 to celebrate the memory and legacy of the company’s first vice president of food & beverage, Bob Zappatelli. Applications are being received through May 15, 2013. |
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“Education has never been more important, or more costly,” said Ellen Sinclair, senior vice president for Benchmark Hospitality International. “We established this scholarship in Bob’s honor because he was a uniquely gifted leader who led by example – to be with Bob was to be in a culinary Master Class. The Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship is an extension of what Bob provided his young chefs, and those who aspired to be a chef ~ a transformative educational experience.”
"We are honored to continue the educational legacy of Bob Zappatelli,” said Diane Harris Brown, director of educational and community programming at The James Beard Foundation. “Bob was a great man who embodied the spirit of hospitality for which James Beard himself is also remembered."
The Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship ApplicationCulinary students globally can apply online through the James Beard Foundation website for consideration for the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship educational resources.
The Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship FundThe Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship, established in 2009, is presented annually in partnership with The James Beard Foundation, the definitive culinary arts organization in the United States dedicated to showcasing American chefs' talents. The scholarship celebrates the passion for the food & beverage profession of the late Bob Zappatelli, Benchmark Hospitality International’s first vice president of food & beverage, and serves as a living memorial to his unforgettable enthusiasm in the advancement of the culinary arts. For many years, Bob Zappatelli worked closely with The James Beard Foundation, hosting the immensely popular Benchmark Holiday Dinner each December at the James Beard House in New York City.
The James Beard Foundation provides a Scholarship Program as one of its educational pillars, to which the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund has been added. The Fund is included in the Foundation’s catalogue of nearly 80 annual culinary scholarships the organization administers and makes available each spring for students domestically and globally. Each spring, generous scholarships are granted via the James Beard Foundation to students at many schools of note, including the Culinary Institute of America, Johnson & Wales, and Le Cordon Bleu International. The James Beard Foundation distributes resources through the Scholarship Management Services division of Scholarship America, a respected nonprofit organization that has helped award scholarships to over one million students.
Contributing to the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship FundDetails include:· Donations can be made to The James Beard Foundation, with "Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship" indicated on the Memo line.
· Donations can be sent to:
The James Beard Foundation
Attn: Marilyn Platzer, CFO
167 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
· Credit card donations can also be made by calling (212) 675-4984. Request “Special Giving.”
· The Foundation is a 501c-3 not-for-profit charitable organization and will follow up with acknowledgment of donations to all donors for their records.
· A scholarship will be awarded annually from the principal accumulated in the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund.
About the James Beard FoundationFounded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation is dedicated to celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America's diverse culinary heritage and future. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, James Beard, who died in 1985, was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts, instilling in them the value of wholesome, healthful and delicious food. Today the Beard Foundation continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships for culinary students, publications, chef advocacy training, and thought-leader convening. The Foundation also maintains the historic James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich Village as a “performance space” for visiting chefs. In September of 2012, the Foundation launched the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Protocol and helped create the American Chef Corps as a way to champion American chefs abroad, promote American food products and foster an interest in American culinary culture and history through international programs and initiatives. For more information, please visit www.jamesbeard.org. Find insights on food at the James Beard Foundation’s blog Delights & Prejudices. Join the James Beard Foundation on Facebook.
About Benchmark Hospitality InternationalBenchmark Hospitality International is a recognized global leader in the management and marketing of resorts, hotels and conference centers. The company’s two distinctive portfolios of properties, Benchmark Resorts & Hotels and Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels, represent the finest in guest-dedicated hospitality in unique destinations across the United States, in the Caribbean and Japan. As a founding member of the International Association of Conference Centers, Benchmark Conference Centers maintain the highest standards for certification in meeting excellence. Benchmark Hospitality was launched in 1980 as an independent company and today operates worldwide from offices in The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, and regional offices in New Jersey, Washington State, Japan and Chile.
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