Windsor High School Students Win Culinary Awards, Scholarships

Eight Windsor High School students are the proud recipients of Connecticut’s Family, Career, Community, Leaders of America (FCCLA) STAR awards and scholarships.

FCCLA is a national nonprofit career and technical student organization for high school students in Family and Consumer Sciences education, according to the organization's Web site.

Following a fierce culinary competition at the Lincoln Culinary Institute in Hartford, Windsor students - led by teacher Kathleen Taranto - came away with the following awards, according to Windsor Public Schools:

• Gold Medal in the category of Garde Manger (the art of vegetable and fruit carving) to 12th grader Josh Groshel;

• Gold Medal in the category of Garde Manger (the art of vegetable and fruit carving) to 12th grader William Danso;

• Gold Medal in the category of Occupational Cakes to 12th grader Sydney Lane;

• Silver Medal in the category of Comprehensive Cakes to 10th grader Tina Vu Vothanh;

• Silver Medal for Culinary Arts to the team of 12th grader Liam Foreman, 12th grader Ricky Fullana, 12th grader Davia Johnson;

• Bronze Medal in the category of Food Innovations to 12th grader Malcolm Watts;

• (tie) 1st Place Scholarship Recipients /$2,000 scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to 12th grader Liam Foreman and 12th grader Ricky Fullana; and

• 3rd Place Scholarship Recipient /$500 scholarship to Johnson & Wales to 12th grader Davia Johnson.