The Culinary Institute of America

Company announces new scholarships at ceremony

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Hyde Park, NY, January 23, 2008 – Jeremy M. (Jerry) Jacobs, Jr., executive vice president of Delaware North Companies, addressed 48 graduates of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) during commencement ceremonies on Friday, January 18, 2008. During his speech, Mr. Jacobs announced his company has endowed two new scholarships at the CIA for aspiring culinarians.

One scholarship is named in honor of Certified Master Chef Roland Henin, a former CIA faculty member who is now corporate executive chef for Delaware North. The other scholarship is named for the Jacobs family, which founded Delaware North in Buffalo in 1915.

Ninety-three years later, the company serves an estimated 500 million customers a year in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Delaware North and its operating companies own and manage sports stadiums, stadium concessions, pari-mutuel racetracks, airport concessions, hotels, parks, and tourist attractions.

In his address to graduates, Mr. Jacobs told recipients of associate degrees in Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts that as a chef, each of them will be an artist, a global ambassador, a technician, an inspiration, a collaborator, a leader, and a teacher.

"Embrace what you have learned and what you have yet to learn," he advised. "Embrace all that it means to be called 'chef.'"

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Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees in the culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. A network of more than 37,000 alumni in foodservice and hospitality has helped the CIA earn its reputation as the world's premier culinary college. Courses for foodservice professionals and food enthusiasts are offered at the college's main campus in Hyde Park, NY and at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, CA. Greystone also offers baking and pastry, advanced culinary arts, and wine certifications. The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, the college's second branch campus, offers a certificate program in culinary arts. For more information, visit the CIA's Web site at www.ciachef.edu.

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