Glen Burnie Student Receives $20K James Beard Foundation Scholarship

GLEN BURNIE, MD — The James Beard Foundation has selected a Glen Burnie student as one of the recipients of its 2022-2023 National Scholars Program.

Established in 2016, the National Scholars Program provides scholarships of $20,000 each to 12 food-focused students who plan to pursue an education in the culinary arts, food studies, agriculture, hospitality management and related fields.

Allayah Jewell of Glen Burnie was among those selected for the scholarship. Jewell is attending Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island and will be pursuing a bachelor's in culinary. She said she hopes to use her degree to provide healthy, easy, and affordable meals to her community.

“The James Beard Foundation is strongly committed to supporting the innovative and driven culinary industry leaders of tomorrow,” said Anne E. McBride, PhD, vice president of programs at the James Beard Foundation. “We’re immensely proud of this year’s recipients, who all demonstrate a genuine commitment to the food industry. We are thrilled to support their journey with this distinguished scholarship opportunity.”

The National Scholars Program is a part of the larger James Beard Foundation Scholarship Program—which is awarding $459,400 in financial aid in 2022. Established in 1991, the scholarship program assists aspiring and established culinary professionals who plan to further their education at a licensed or accredited culinary school or hospitality institution, college, or university.

In the past 31 years, the program has not only grown in visibility and financial scope, but in the breadth of subjects its recipients have pursued. As of 2022, the Foundation will have awarded nearly $9 million in financial aid to over 2,000 recipients.