Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani (GRI) announced the winners of the GRI Giacomo Bologna Scholarship award. The scholarship, awarded in collaboration with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, sends culinary students to Tuscany from May 25 to June 1, where they will be hosted by winemaking family Marchesi de' Frescobaldi and take part in an intensive learning experience.The seven winners are:
- Anthony Solofra, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y.
- Ana Machado, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla.
- Rebecca VanDolzer, University of Houston-Conrad N. Hilton College, Houston
- Alissa Galiano, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, R.I.
- Lauren Rose, Western Culinary Institute, Le Cordon Bleu Program, Portland, Ore.
- Spencer Frye, Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte, N.C.
- Martin Sheehan-Stross, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif.
