Taste of EBONY Recognizes Chef Sterling Burpee, Chief Culinary
Officer Of Culinary Training Academy in Las Vegas
As One Of The Top African-American Chefs In The Country

Chef Sterling Burpee, Chief Culinary Officer of the Culinary Training Academy, will be one of 25 African-American Chefs in the country honored at the first annual Taste of Ebony, created by Ebony Magazine on Monday, October 23, 2006 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.
The culinary extravaganza will feature leading African-American Chefs and Wine Experts in the country and expects attendance of over 600 guests. Star chef Marcus Samuelsson, owner of Aquavit and Riingo restaurants in Manhattan, will serve as chairperson and culinary advisor of the premier event.
The evening will begin with a tribute to Chef Leah Chase, the 83-year-old doyenne of black chefs around the world whose 65-year-old landmark establishment, Dookey
Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, suffered severe damage from Hurricane Katrina.
“We are extremely excited to join with the Taste of Ebony in congratulating Chef Burpee and the other black Chefs from around the country for their many accomplishments to the culinary industry,” said Steven Horsford, Chief Executive Officer of the Culinary Training Academy. “Chef Burpee’s more than 30 years of dedication, passion, and experience in the field of the culinary arts has earned him the great distinction as one of the top Chef’s in the country and we are extremely proud of his work.”
Chef Sterling Burpee started his promising career in the culinary arts with an apprenticeship under Master Chef George McNeil. He brings an incredible amount of experience and knowledge to the newly created role of Chief Culinary Officer of the Culinary Training Academy. His career experiences include Executive Chef Buffet at Wynn Las Vegas, Executive Sous Chef of the Mes A Mis room at the Sands Casino and Senior Sous Chef at the Marriott Marquis in Time Square, New York.
The Culinary Training Academy (CTA) is an internationally recognized labor-management partnership between the Culinary Union, Bartenders Union and 30 major resort/gaming properties in Las Vegas. The CTA trains thousands of employees for work in entry-level positions as guest room attendants, bus persons, kitchen workers, porters and stewards. The CTA also trains incumbent workers to qualify for outstanding careers as food servers, professional cooks, gourmet food and wine servers, and sommeliers.

710 West Lake Mead Boulevard | North Las Vegas, Nevada 89030 | P: 702.924.2100 www.theculinaryacademy.org Contact: Tashondra Jackson-Roberts, 702-924-2168

 

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