{"id":211401,"date":"2025-02-26T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=211401"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:27:32","slug":"culinary-scholarships-uh-maui-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/culinary-scholarships-uh-maui-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships aim to jumpstart culinary careers at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-2.jpg\" alt=\"Student preparing food\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-211407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aspiring chefs have an exciting new opportunity to launch their culinary careers this summer through the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College Culinary Arts Program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students working in a kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-211405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Launchpad Scholarship covers full tuition&#8212;$1,600 in total&#8212;for two essential culinary courses: Fundamentals of Cookery (June 2&#8211;July 3) and Fundamentals of Baking (July 7&#8211;August 8). Provided they successfully complete the two summer courses, scholarship recipients will secure spots in two high-demand fall 2025 courses, Intermediate Cookery and Batch Cookery, ensuring a seamless transition into further culinary training.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCHv_S8ldLTIWGTvY8aMcylv1Rq7IGJJB9UHGdukzy0hccaQ\/viewform\">Applications are due by Friday, April 25, at 4 p.m.<\/a> Awardees will be notified by Monday, April 28, at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Graduates of our program are earning up to 25% more than those without formal training.<br \/>&#8212;Craig Omori<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re thrilled to share this incredible opportunity with anyone thinking about pursuing a culinary career,&rdquo; says <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College Culinary Arts Chef Instructor Craig Omori. &ldquo;Right now, Maui is experiencing an all-time high demand for skilled culinary professionals. And here&#8217;s the exciting part&#8212;graduates of our program are earning up to 25% more than those without formal training. This could be your chance to kickstart a rewarding career with a competitive edge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students at the World Plate Batch Cookery\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-211404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maui-culinary-scholarship-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible, applicants must pursue an Associate in Applied Science degree or a certificate of achievement in the Culinary Arts Program, intend to be enrolled full-time in fall 2025, and complete both summer courses. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College\u2019s Culinary Arts Department also provides textbooks and knife kits on loan. Students are only required to purchase culinary uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Omori at <a href=\"mailto:omoric@hawaii.edu\">omoric@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launchpad Scholarships at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College cover tuition for two essential culinary classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[184,377,572,71,60],"class_list":["post-211401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-arts-program","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211409,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211401\/revisions\/211409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}