UVU culinary chair wins national Chef of the Year award

August 17, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beating out four other regional winners, UVU’s Culinary Arts Institute director Todd Leonard was named the 2018 National Chef of the Year. Accompanied by his two student apprentices AnnaLis Nielsen and Lydia Harris, the trio competed at the American Culinary Federation’s national convention held in New Orleans July 14-19. With only 90 minutes to prepare […]

UVU Culinary alums win gold and silver

September 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing   Two UVU graduates and their adviser win gold and silver medals at the Cook. Craft. Create. ACF National Convention & Show held July 31 – Aug. 3 in Orlando, Florida. Chefs from around the country gathered to learn, mingle and compete for […]

Feast on the Fairway raises $20,000

June 15, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kristine Bucasas | Staff Writer | [email protected] Photo courtesy of Jim McCulloch   On June 8, the Culinary Arts Institute hosted the third annual golf tournament, Feast on the Fairway, in Saratoga Springs. Every year, on the second Monday of June, corporate sponsors and community members come together to raise money for the Culinary Arts […]

Professor Wins Chef of the Year

June 15, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes This year the Best Chef of the Year Award given by the American Culinary Federation was awarded to Certified Executive Chef and culinary professor Todd C. Leonard on May 2. The rigorous competition was held in Scottsdale Arizona from April 29 through May 2. Leonard competed against four equally seasoned chefs from WA, VA, AZ […]