Application:  Students applying to – or currently attending – the Academy should complete the attached application by the indicated deadline.  Before submitting a scholarship application, please ensure that:

• You have been accepted as a student.
• You have met with a Tuition Planner, and have applied for, and accepted, all available Federal, State, and alternative funding (as applicable).
• You are not in default on any Federal or State student loan or owe a Federal grant.

Review Process: Applications will be reviewed by the CCAEF Scholarship Committee.  The scholarship application (including all attachments), admissions file, and financial aid file will be considered in the review.  The committee’s recommendations will then be forwarded to the CCAEF Board of Directors for review and action.  You should receive a decision letter within six weeks of the submission deadline.

Deadlines for Application  :  May 9. 2008.

Award: The scholarship will apply to educational costs and will fund your financial shortfall by the awarded amount.  Scholarships will range from $1,000 to $2,500.  Funds will be credited directly to your account. If for any reason you are unable to complete the awarded academic year, this scholarship will be cancelled, and you will be responsible for all non-refundable program costs.  The scholarship may not be redeemed for cash or non-educational expenses.  Recipients of a CCAEF Scholarship may not re-apply.

For Graduating Students:

Introduction:  The California Culinary Academy Educational Foundation (CCAEF) awards tuition scholarships to prospective and current students of the California Culinary Academy (CCA) on a need and merit basis.  These awards are in addition to Federal and State financial aid.

Application:  Students applying to – or currently attending – the Academy should complete the attached application by the indicated deadline.  Before submitting a scholarship application, please ensure that:

• You are a graduating student in good standing as of August 2008 and are qualified to “walk” in the graduation ceremony (verified through CCA)
• You have met with a Tuition Planner, and have applied for, and accepted, all available Federal, State, and alternative funding (as applicable).
• You are not in default on any Federal or State student loan or owe a Federal grant.

Review Process: Applications will be reviewed by the CCAEF Scholarship Committee.  The scholarship application (including all attachments), admissions file, and financial aid file will be considered in the review.  The committee’s recommendations will then be forwarded to the CCAEF Board of Directors for review and action. 

Deadlines for Application:  June 30. 2008.

Award: The scholarship will apply toward educational costs.  Scholarships will range from $1,000 to $2,500.  Funds will be credited directly to your account. If for any reason you are unable to complete the awarded academic year, this scholarship will be cancelled, and you will be responsible for all non-refundable program costs.  The scholarship may not be redeemed for cash or non-educational expenses.  Recipients of a CCAEF Scholarship may not re-apply.

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California Culinary Academy Education Foundation Guckenheimer Scholarship Contest

Each entrant – packaged or current student of any program offered at the CCA - must submit a recipe for an amuse bouche to be served as the first course of our Saturday, November 10th, 2007 CCAEF Gala dinner.  The amuse should be seasonal, appropriate to produce for 300 guests, elegant and delicious.  The item must also represent the pride associated with the California Culinary Academy’s Thirty Years of Excellence.  Accompanying the recipe will be a 500 word essay on how the amuse bouche will represent our school’s proud thirty year tradition.  Student entrants must have a GPA of 2.0 or better to qualify; all essays must be submitted to Student Services, South Campus room #304, by October 5th.

Entrants will be winnowed down to 20 choices based on the essays.  The top twenty essays will be ranked by their respective recipes; the top five choices will move onto the finals.  Once the finalists are determined, they will be invited to an ultimate showdown on October 20th, where each will produce 10 identical servings of their dish.   The amuse bouche will be judged on flavor, presentation, seasonality, and expression of the theme. The judging panel will consist of CCA staff, CCAEF Board Members, and Celebrity judges. The winner of this final evaluation will be the recipient of the $10,000 Guckenheimer Scholarship for 2007; this money will be credited to the student’s account in one lump sum during the next payment period.  The winner’s recipe will also be used for our CCAEF Gala dinner, and the student submitting the winning recipe will be a guest of honor at the CCAEF Gala.

Grading:

Essay:

Up to 5 points for accuracy: word count within 10%, pertains to topic, etc.

Up to 10 points for mechanics: spelling, punctuation, format.

Up to 35 points for persuasiveness: did the essay explain and promote the dish as it pertains to our 30 year tradition?

Amuse:

Up to 5 points for seasonality.

Up to 10 points for expressing or representing our 30 year CCA tradition.

Up to 15 points for presentation: flow, color, height, balance, texture, and portion size

Up to 30 points for flavor