2009 FENI Educators Summit: And the winners are...

The 11th Annual FENI Summit in Las Vegas Feb. 14 to 17 was the highest attended conference to date, featuring more than 40 different programs on effective motivation, culinary skills, leadership development and lesson planning. Below are the winners of the National Pork Board's Taste of Elegance competition, the Educators of the Year and the Poster Board Winners. Congratulations to all the winners!

For complete FENI Summit wrapup details, be sure to read the May 2009 edition of Chef Educator Today.

(l to r) National Pork Board's Taste of Elegance first-place winner Stephen Marshall, executive chef, Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, Nev.; third-place winner Zachary Hillberry, chef de cuisine, Caesars Palace Las Vegas; second-place winner Jose Martinez, executive chef, Les Artistes Steakhouse at the Paris Las Vegas; and FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau

(l to r) FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau and Educator of the Year-postsecondary winner Michael McGreal, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Ill.


(l to r) FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau and Educator of the Year-secondary winner Daniel Wagner, Greene County Career & Technology Center, Waynesburg, Pa.

(l to r) FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau and Best Poster Abstract winner Christopher Koetke, CEC, CCE, The School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College, Chicago, for "TAAT: Taste, Analyze, Adjust, Taste"


(l to r) FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau and Best Poster Abstract winner Donald G. Schoffstall, MS, CSC, CHE, FMP, Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, Pittsburgh, for "A Classroom Poster Session: Using and Effective Professional Conference Technique To Enhance Classroom Learning"

(l to r) FENI executive director Daniel von Rabenau and People’s Choice Award for Best Poster Sherri Nordstrom-Stastny, PhD, LRD, Human Development and Education-Dietetics, North Dakota State University, for "'Meet the Parents' Curriculum Increases Learning in Meal Planning Lesson"

(Photos: D.F. von Rabenau)