Jessica Monahan Wins at International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show

2012 Dec 3

Jessica Monahan of Hopewell Junction, NY earned a silver medal for her cold turkey platter at the Societe Culinaire Philanthropique's 144th Annual Salon of Culinary Art at the Javits Center in New York City, November 11-13.

Monahan is pursuing a bachelor's degree in culinary arts at SUNY Delhi. Monahan was one of four SUNY Delhi students awarded gold and silver medals at the competition.

The Salon of Culinary Art is the highlight of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show. Professional chefs, bakers, butchers, and culinarians from around the world display their culinary and decorative skills.

SUNY Delhi's culinary arts program has gained national attention by winning the ACF national championship for two years, and continues to garner respect and accolades for its excellence. Regarded as one of the best in the country by many industry professionals, the program offers students a firm foundation in which to start their careers as culinary professionals. The college's culinary labs progress through basic skills dealing with Garde Manger, baking, sauces, stocks, etc., to the capstone course, Signatures by Candlelight, a full service fine dining restaurant that is open to the public and operated completely by SUNY Delhi students. In addition to the core classes, there are numerous culinary electives offered to help each student customize their portfolio of education. Depending on their interest or direction in the field, students can choose from electives such as advanced meat cutting, culinary competition, advanced pastries and confections and culinary sculpting, which uses 300 pound ice blocks made on campus by culinary students in the college's own ice sculpting lab.

SUNY Delhi is a member of the State University of New York, the largest comprehensive university system in the U.S. Delhi's seamless approach to education includes over 60 academic programs, leading to one-year certificates, two-year associate degrees and bachelor's degrees in select program areas at Delhi. For more information about SUNY Delhi, call toll-free 1-800-96-DELHI or visit Delhi's web site at www.delhi.edu.