CIA President, Dr. Tim Ryan, CMC, Inducted into James Beard Foundation’s 2010 "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America"
Dr. Tim Ryan, CMC, president of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), is a new member of the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America. The Beard Foundation announced Ryan as one of six "Who's Who" honorees for 2010 on March 22. They will be officially inducted during the Beard Foundation's annual awards gala in New York City on Monday, May 3.
"Not only is Dr. Tim Ryan a wonderful role model for the literally thousands of students and chefs who have graduated from The Culinary Institute of America, but his distinguished career in the culinary world in America is legend," said Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation. "A testament to his role in shaping the future great chefs of America is the fact that many James Beard Award winners are CIA graduates, including John Besh, Sara Moulton, Todd English and Alfred Portale."