High School Students

National High School Chef of the Year                                        
In the past the contest has been so hot that it has received coverage on TV Food Network in an hour-long special titled "Top Teen Chef."
 
For the 2007 competition, high school students from the US were invited to submit a Healthy Heritage dinner or dessert recipe. Twenty finalists (high school juniors or seniors), chosen from more than 700 entries, were flown to JWU's Charlotte campus over the weekend of March 16-18, 2007 to impress the judges with their original creations. With full, four-year scholarships on the line, the heat was on.
 
The entries were judged upon taste, presentation, choices, accuracy of the recipe, nutritious value, originality, cost effectiveness, appearance, cooking techniques and creativity.
 
The following prizes were awarded:
 
Junior and Senior Prize Details

• Grand Prize: A full tuition renewable scholarship* to JWU for the grand prize winner in the dinner and dessert categories (2 winners) -- plus a personal meeting with celebrity chef, author and JWU alum Tyler Florence.
• First Runner Up: $7,500 renewable tuition scholarship* to JWU for each first runner-up in the dinner and dessert categories (2 winners).
• Second Runner Up: $5,000 renewable tuition scholarship* to JWU for each second runner-up in the dinner and dessert categories (2 winners).
• Additional Finalists: $3,500 renewable tuition scholarships* to JWU for other finalists in the dinner and dessert categories (14 winners).
• All Finalists: an autographed copy of Tyler Florence's cookbook Eat This Book.
• The first 300 entries that met minimum standards received a $1000 one-time grant and a certificate of participation.

 
Freshman and Sophomore Prize Details
 
The following 20 prizes were be awarded:

• Grand Prize: A $5000 renewable scholarship* to JWU for the grand prize winner in the dinner and dessert categories (2 winners) and a JWU Chef will go to their high school for a chef demonstration.
• First Runner Up: $4,000 renewable tuition scholarship* to JWU for each first runner-up in dinner and dessert categories (2 winners) and a JWU Chef will go to their high school for a chef demonstration.
• Second Runner Up: $3,000 renewable tuition scholarship* to JWU for each second runner-up in dinner and dessert categories (2 winners) and a JWU Chef will go to their high school for a chef demonstration.
• Additional Finalists: $1,000 one-time grant to JWU for other finalists in dinner and dessert categories (14 winners).
• All Finalists: a free Career Explorations Summer Program (for this program, you must be a rising junior or senior).

 
* All J&W scholarships apply to full-time, day school study at any one of Johnson & Wales University’s four campuses and are renewable for up to four years. Actual receipt of a scholarship is subject to the student being otherwise qualified and accepted for admission to the university.
 
A student can receive a recipe contest scholarship in his/her previous high school years and combine that scholarship with one achieved more recently. However, in order to effectively administer limited financial funds, Johnson & Wales University has adopted an institutional policy whereby the total of all university funded or administered monies awarded to a single student may not exceed a specified dollar amount during an academic year. This amount is determined prior to each year’s financial aid awarding process.
 
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