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November 25, 2019
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CIM Students and Faculty Earn More than 40 Medals at Annual American Culinary Federation Sanctioned Competition

CIM student and faculty competitors from the Muskegon and Port Huron campuses.

CIM Teams from Port Huron and Muskegon Campuses Win Multiple Awards, Including Some Gold with Distinction for Perfect Scores and Additional Best-in-Show Honors

Twenty-seven student chefs and eight instructors from both the Muskegon and Port Huron, Mich. campuses of the Culinary Institute of Michigan (CIM), a division of Baker College, earned a variety of honors at an annual American Culinary Federation (ACF) sanctioned competition held Nov. 9, 2019 at the CIM Muskegon campus.

The students and faculty members competed across a variety of categories, which tested their skills in both cooking and baking/pastry.  Every student and instructor who competed earned at least one medal.  Collectively, the 19 students from CIM Port Huron and eight others from CIM Muskegon together earned a total of 33 medals: four bronze, 18 silver and 11 gold, including two gold with distinction for perfect scores.  Four of the medals also included best-in-show honors.  The eight competing faculty earned eight medals: one bronze, three silver and four gold, along with two best-in-show distinctions. 

The CIM student chefs and faculty competed alongside Michigan students from the Macomb Culinary Institute at Macomb Community College and the Dorsey Culinary Academy.

The Nov. 9, 2019 event was especially significant to the CIM team, as the competition followed an emotional tribute to beloved former CIM Dean of Culinary, the late Chef Bruce Konowalow, MA, CCE.  In a special ceremony, a key facility resource at CIM Muskegon was renamed in Chef Bruce’s honor, now known as The Chef Bruce Konowalow Advanced Skills Lab.

“What better way to celebrate and honor the memory of Chef Bruce and his commitment to excellent student outcomes than to have CIM students from both campuses competing side by side and winning 33 medals,” said Chef Tom Recinella, CEC, AAC, HGT, Baker College’s Dean of Culinary.  “Every single CIM student that entered the competition won a medal, some two, and so did every single CIM faculty member who competed.  The judges were blown away by our team’s performance, which is saying an awful lot since these professionals judge competitions all across the country.  I couldn’t be prouder of our effort, and I know Chef Bruce would be as well.”

The CIM teams host and compete in ACF open category sanctioned competitions twice annually, one at each campus location, in addition to various state, regional and national ACF competitions.

For a complete list of competition medalists from CIM Port Huron and Muskegon, please see the following summary:

Student Category* Medal Campus Hometown

Jonah Rigelman

SWP

Silver

Port Huron

Jackson, MI

Fiona Irish

SWP/SP1

Silver/Silver

Port Huron

Dewitt, MI

Olivia Sepe

SWP

Silver

Port Huron

Woodhaven, MI

Kristin Balis

SWP

Gold

Port Huron

Belding, MI

Remington Shively

SWP

Bronze

Port Huron

Williamsburg, MI

Jordan Wills 

SWP

Gold

Port Huron

Davison, MI

Gabrielle Gleason

SWP

Silver

Port Huron

Flint, MI

Mary Hoffman

SWP

Gold 

Port Huron

Clio, MI

Katelyn Batchelor

SWP

Silver

Port Huron

Almont, MI

Santiago Tillman

SWP 

Silver 

Port Huron 

Saginaw, MI 

Giovanni Delsorbo

SW/SK1

Silver/Bronze

Port Huron

Davison, MI

Alexandria Escamilla

SW/SK1

Silver/Silver 

Port Huron 

Alma, MI 

Meghan Lamb

SW/SK1 

**Gold/Silver

Port Huron 

Strongsville, OH 

Claire Morawski

SW/SK9 

Gold/Silver 

Port Huron 

Clarkston, MI

Mason LaDouce

SW/SK1 

**Gold/Silver 

Port Huron 

Hemlock, MI

Hailey Shakelford

SW 

Silver 

Port Huron

Sherwood, OH 

Rachelle Murphy

SK1 

Bronze 

Muskegon

Grand Haven 

Arielle Erickson

SP2 

*Gold 

Muskegon 

Los Osos, CA 

Nick Cadena

SW 

Silver 

Muskegon 

Spring Lake, MI

Richard Fraiser

SW 

Silver

Muskegon 

Flint, MI 

Paul Tumminello

SWP 

Bronze

Muskegon 

Evart, MI 

Destiney Debruine

SWP 

*Gold 

Muskegon 

Mt. Pleasant, MI 

Dani York

SWP 

Gold 

Muskegon 

Battle Creek, MI 

Nyah Phillips

SW 

Gold 

Port Huron

Detroit, MI 

Cody Williams

SW 

Silver 

Port Huron

Emmett, MI 

Evan Sandvig

SW 

Silver 

Port Huron 

Sterling Heights, MI

Camryn Potter

SC 

Gold 

Muskegon 

Zeeland, MI 

Categories:
SC: Patisserie/Confectionery
SK1: Student hot food categories—chicken
SK9: Student hot food categories—fish
SP1: Student pastry categories—warm composed dessert
SP2: Student pastry categories—cold composed dessert
SW: Student wild card for knife skills
SWP: Student wild card for pastry and baking skills

Distinctions:
* Category best in show
** Gold with distinction for a perfect score.

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