Gastronomy Student Wins Prestigious James Beard Scholarship
Giselle Lord, a Metropolitan College student pursuing her master’s in gastronomy, has received a $20,000 scholarship from the highly regarded James Beard Foundation Awards in recognition of her leadership potential in culinary arts, food studies, and related fields. In its first year, the James Beard Foundation’s National Scholars Program offers scholarships to candidates from ten regions around the country on the basis of academic merit as well as personal and professional recommendations. Lord, an Oregon native, was selected as the award’s Northwest representative. With her own online cookware business and a career as a video producer, the James Beard Foundation calls her “an entrepreneurial success story.”
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