Who Qualifies: 2008 High School Seniors with a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average.

The Best Teen Chef Competition gives high school seniors a chance to show off their culinary skills as they compete for tuition scholarships to The Art Institutes. Qualifying students begin at local competitions, and winners move on to the national finals -- where the grand prize winner is named Best Teen Chef.

LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS

Local cook-off competitions will take place on April 12, 2008 at participating Art Institute locations offering Culinary programs. The first-place winner from each local cook-off competition will advance to The Art Institutes National Best Teen Chef Culinary Scholarship Competition finals at The Art Institute in Las Vegas.

A reception will take place at The Art Institute of Las Vegas on May 16, 2008. The Art Institutes National Best Teen Chef Competition takes place on May 17, 2008.

All decisions made by judges are final and may not be disputed.

Please visit the scholarship here http://www.artinstitutes.edu/btc to print the entry form, or call us at 1-800-275-2470 with any questions.

Enter The Art Institutes Best Teen Chef Competition to win a full- or partial-tuition scholarship to The Art Institutes. And if being a celebrity chef is something you dream of, you may be in luck. Past winners have appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show,” CNN, “Fox & Friends,” “Ellen,” and in newspapers nationwide.

TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

LOCAL:
First Place: $3,000 tuition scholarship

NATIONAL:
First Place: Full-tuition scholarship and title of Best Teen Chef
Second to Third Place: Full-tuition scholarship
Fourth to Sixth Place: Half-tuition scholarship
Seventh to Ninth Place: Quarter-tuition scholarship
All Remaining Contestants: $2,000 tuition scholarship

National tuition scholarships will be awarded in addition to local prizes except when a winner receives a full-tuition scholarship, then on the the full-tuition scholarship will be awarded.

All tuition scholarships are awarded toward a dulinary associate's degree, diploma, or certificate program. The tuition scholarship award received may be used as a partial credit toward a culinary bachelor's degree program, should one be offered at the winner's represented school and the applicant meets admission requirements into the program. Should a winner choose to exercise this option, the credit toward a bachelor's degre program will equal the tuition scholarship amoount awarded toward the culinary associate's degree, diploma, or certificate program at the school. All tuition scholarships must be used at the location the student has chosen to represent in the competition. Tuition scholarships are non-transferable.

Upon accepting the tuition scholarship, you must begin your culinary arts studies in the summer or fall immediately following the national Best Teen Chef Scholarship Competition.

DEADLINE

Entries must be received at The Art Institute at which you plan to enter the competition no later than February 8, 2008. Local competitions will take place on April 12, 2008. The national competition will take place at The Art Institute of Las Vegas on May 17, 2008.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND OFFICIAL RULES

To learn more, or to download the Best Teen Chef Competition brochure with full rules, entry requirements, and entry form, please visit http://www.artinstitutes.edu/btc