CSCA Graduate Eunice Feller Wins Young Professional Award

The L'Académie Brillat-Savarin and La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs presented Eunice Feller with the Young Professional Award during the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 24, 2006. Feller received the award for unparalleled dedication to the culinary arts and possessing 'fire in the belly' to become one of tomorrow's culinary stars.

"I am sincerely honored to receive the Jeune Professionnel Award from L’Académie Brillat-Savarin," said Feller upon receiving the award. "It’s a terrific finale to my year at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. I came to CSCA to gain the fundamental culinary skills to succeed in a professional kitchen, but it was the infectious energy, support and friendship of chef mentors and staff and fellow students that made the experience truly memorable."

Harold Turin, Chaîne des Rôtisseurs commandeur, presented Feller with the specially designed Brillat-Savarin Jeune Professionnel medal, a certificate, and $250.00 at the graduation.

(L to R) Eunice Feller, Roberta L. Dowling, CCP, Harold Turin (Chaîne des Rôtisseurs representative)

Feller graduated in the top five of her Professional Chef's Program class, receiving high honors in the laboratory component of the program and honors in the academic portion. "This award further fuels my aspiration of getting my first bakery open later this year and nurturing it into something truly noteworthy," she said.

Feller plans to open Bread and Chocolate Bakery Café in Newtonville, MA, in August 2006.

L'Académie Brillat-Savarin is a branch of the international gastronomic society La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. The purpose of Brillat is to uphold and popularize regional cuisines and support young culinaires through awards and contests. The Académie Brillat-Savarin has become the preeminent honor society for students in the culinary arts.

The Académie first bestowed the Young Professional Award to a CSCA graduate in 2005. Matthew Love, graduate of the Professional Chef's Program in June 2005, was the first recipient. Also in that year, Roberta Dowling, CCP, director of the School, was named Conseiller to the L'Académie Brillat-Savarin and La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. This is the second consecutive year that the Académie has presented the Young Professional Award to a graduating student of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.