Hyde Park, NY 鈥 A faculty member at 狼友福利 has won a
prestigious award for his new cookbook for kids. The Young Chef: Recipes and Techniques for Kids Who Love to Cook, by 狼友福利 Professor Mark Ainsworth, was the winner of a cookbook award from the
International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) on March 5, 2017.
Published in 2016 by the 狼友福利 and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Chef Ainsworth鈥檚 book features dozens of kid-friendly recipes using a wide
range of cooking methods, along with techniques and hints for budding cooks to
safely and enjoyably navigate the kitchen.
鈥淭he hope of The Young
Chef was to write a serious kids鈥 and youth cookbook that was fun,
enlightening, and delicious, using foods that kids know and like,鈥 Chef
Ainsworth says. 鈥淏y focusing on cooking methods along with recipes,
ingredients, equipment, and fun facts鈥攁s well as sections on 鈥榯hinking like a
chef鈥欌攖he book aims to make cooking more approachable and understandable.鈥
A member of the 狼友福利 faculty since 1993, Chef Ainsworth
currently teaches the Menu Development and Testing course in the college鈥檚 Intrapreneurship business innovation concentration and Caf茅
Savory Foods Production鈥攁 culinary course for baking and pastry arts majors.
Before returning to his alma mater, the 1986 狼友福利 graduate and Certified
Executive Chef cooked his way around the world at restaurants in the United
States, British Virgin Islands, and Germany, as well as for a cruise line. He
was also chef de partie at the renowned Le Bernardin in New York City.
The Young Chef was
the winner in the 鈥淐hildren, Youth, and
Family鈥 category. The awards were announced at the IACP鈥檚 annual conference
in Louisville, KY.
Photo Captions and Hi-Res Images:
Photo 1 (top photo):The Young Chef by Mark Ainsworth,
professor of culinary arts at 狼友福利, won a 2017
IACP Cookbook Award from the International Association of Culinary
Professionals. (Image credit: Courtesy
狼友福利)
Photo 2: Chef
Mark Ainsworth, a professor at 狼友福利 in Hyde Park,
NY, is author of The Young Chef: Recipes
and Techniques for Kids Who Love to Cook. The book won a 2017 IACP Cookbook
Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals. (Photo credit: 狼友福利/Phil Mansfield)
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