“We are so proud of our students who excelled admirably in ACF’s annual national Knowledge Bowl,” says Renee Zonka, R.D., C.E.C., C.H.E., associate dean and managing director of Kendall’s School of Culinary Arts, who was on hand in Anaheim to cheer Kendall students along with team coach and Kendall chef-instructor Dina Altieri and Kendall College Interim President Karen Gersten. “They worked hard for months following their win at ACF’s Central Regional Conference in Indianapolis in March, and their dedication and commitment to studying and practicing paid off.”

The Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl tests the acumen of culinary-arts students via a “Jeopardy”-style subjects grid that includes challenging culinary, baking, nutrition, sanitation and math questions as well as sensory perception. The competition is named after the late Chef Baron H. Galand, C.E.C., who served as national president of ACF from 1983 to 1987. First held at the ACF's 1992 National Convention in Washington, D.C., today the four geographic regions of ACF hold the competition at their respective conferences in winter and spring to qualify teams to compete for the national title at the ACF's convention in summer.

Pictured (l. to r.): Chef Dina Altieri and students Sarah Roberts, Jacquie Wallner, Edward Whitney, Allison Chikos and Erika Griffin.