Olson Communications, a full-service agency that specializes in delivering innovative marketing communication strategy to its portfolio of select food-industry clients, announces the winning recipient of its second-annual 20th Anniversary Chefs of Tomorrow™ grant program for culinary educators.

David Colombe, a culinary student at Okanagan College in Vernon, B.C., was the grand-prize winner in the 20th-annual Florida Tomato Committee’s Best of the Best Recipe contest. The contest, the longest-running competition for student cooks, is open to entrants from the United States and Canada.

McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Ill., welcomes Thomas Kaltenecker, a European-trained chef, as the new full-time instructor/executive chef for its first-ever culinary-management certificate program.

La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs of Greater Washington hosted the Mid-Atlantic Assemblage on May 30, 2009. The festivities began with the multi-Bailliage Grand Induction and black-tie dinner at the elegant Park Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Federation, honored Dr. L. Timothy Ryan, CMC, AAC, president of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, N.Y., with the Sharing Culinary Traditions Award during a formal ceremony and dinner at the 2009 ACF National Convention held at the Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, Fla., July 10.

Delmar, part of Cengage Learning, announces the publication of The Dessert Architect by chef, teacher and foodservice consultant Robert Wemischner of Los Angeles Technical Trade College.