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Orange Coast College’s culinary art students earned a gold medal last
month at the Culinary Arts Hot Food Team State Championship at the Los
Angeles Trade Tech School. Team members -- including Cheryl Helm, Abbe
Rich, Kasey Korpash, Sue Lester and Matt Sims -- competed against seven
teams representing community colleges, private schools and chef’s
associations within the state. Each team prepared a four-course meal for
four people within 90 minutes. OCC students prepared seafood consomme,
vegetable terrine with micro greens, and duck breast with vegetable
strudel. Dessert was chocolate mousse. Professional chefs from the
American Culinary Federation judged the contest on such criteria as
serving methods, presentation, portion size, nutritional balance, flavor,
organization and sanitation. The OCC team will compete in the Western
Region Culinary Competition on Jan. 21 in Kona, Hawaii ... Navy Petty
Officer 2nd Class Nancy K. Burney, daughter of Costa Mesa resident
William Hobbs, participated in Shadow-A-Student Day at Montgomery Middle
School in San Diego. The annual program paired Burney with a student, and
the pair discussed education, the Navy and other issues ... Sunwest Bank,
headquartered in Orange County, has added three local business leaders to
its board of directors: Roger T. Kirwan, chairman of the Orange County
Performing Arts Center; Jack H. Norberg, chief executive of Standard
Investment Chartered Inc.; and Jillyn Hess-Verdon, a Newport Beach
attorney and president of Hess-Verdon & Associates. Kirwan is a resident
of Newport Coast whose philanthropic endeavors include directorships of
Boys Hope/Girls Hope of California and of Caritas Corp. He is also a
member of the finance committees of the Diocese of Orange and Our Lady
Queen of Angels Church. He was previously a director of the Philharmonic
Society of Orange County. Hess-Verdon’s practice focuses on providing
estate tax and corporate legal services to high net-worth executives. She
has served as a member or director for UC Irvine’s Chief Executive
Roundtable, the Orange County Business Forum and other groups. Sunwest
Bank has a branch near John Wayne Airport in Newport Beach, which was
recently renovated ... Thomas V. McKernan Jr., representing the Southern
California Auto Club, presented the lead gift of $10,000 for the Costa
Mesa Senior Center’s annual fund-raising campaign. The Center’s goal is
$100,000.
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