HTC Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jared Laabs (Marketing Specialist) at
952-995-1444 or
jlaabs@hennepintech.edu
COMPETITION DETAILS: Chef Rick Forpahl at
952-995-1557 or
rick.forpahl@hennepintech.edu
Culinary Competition Offers Free Tuition
BROOKLYN PARK & EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. –
Hennepin Technical College (HTC) Culinary Arts program will host a
competitive cooking event for high school students interested in
pursuing a culinary career. The event will be held Saturday, May 3,
2008, at the Eden Prairie Campus (13100 College View Drive, Eden
Prairie, MN 55347). Scholarships of $1500, $1000 and $500 will be
awarded to the top 3 contestants. To enter the competition, students
must complete a 300-word essay telling why they are interested in
entering the culinary field and in particular why they are interested
in enrolling at HTC. Twenty students will be selected to compete in
the contest. Essays are due April 15, 2008. Scholarships will be
awarded by the Hennepin Technical College Foundation.
During the competition, contestants will have an
hour and a half to prepare an entrée that includes a starch and two
vegetables.
For more information contact Chef Rick Forpahl at
952-995-1557 or
rick.forpahl@hennepintech.edu
Hennepin Technical College (www.hennepintech.edu),
Minnesota’s largest technical college serving more than 20,000 credit-
and non-credit students at campuses in Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie
and a Customized Training Center in Plymouth is changing lives and
building local and global communities one student’s dream at a time.
HTC offers more than 45 programs of study leading
to certificates, diplomas, an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) or
Associate of Science (A.S.) degree. The college offers many evening
and weekend classes, as well as online courses, to accommodate
students’ schedules.
HTC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities system comprised of 32 universities and community and
technical colleges serving the higher education needs of Minnesota.
The system serves about 240,000 students per year in credit-based
courses and an additional 30,000 students in non-credit courses.
Contact HTC at 952-995-1300 or
info@hennepintech.edu
Copyright © 2008 by Hennepin
Technical College
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