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Julio Chavez
  • Culinary Arts Management
  • Class of 2018
  • Northrose, NY

Julio Chavez Earns Honors at Professional Culinary Competition

2017 Nov 7

Julio Chavez of Alton, NY earned a bronze medal in the cold food category at the 19th Annual ACF Chefs and Cooks of the Catskill Mountains October Competition at SUNY Delhi on October 27-28.

Chavez was one of 10 SUNY Delhi students who won medals awarded at the professional competition. Chavez is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts Management at SUNY Delhi.

Delhi's Culinary Arts program is regarded as one of the best in the country by many industry professionals. The college's hot food team has won over 10 American Culinary Federation State Championships and two national titles. Delhi also claims the 2015 Student Chef of the Year and the 2015 Ment'or Young Chef titles and won its first international culinary competition in Costa Rica in 2016.

SUNY Delhi's Culinary Arts 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 baccalaureate degrees in specialized program areas, including Nursing, Hospitality Management, Business and Professional Golf Management, Business and Technology Management, Golf and Sports Turf Management, Information Technology Management, Architectural Design and Building, Construction Management, Mechatronics Technology, Recreation and Sports Facility Management, and Criminal Justice. In addition, SUNY Delhi offers master's degrees in Nursing Education and Nursing Administration. For more information about SUNY Delhi, call toll-free 1-800-96-DELHI or visit Delhi's web site at www.delhi.edu.