The Chef's Academy Graduate Named Executive Chef At Famous Cupcake Shop

Rhiannon Spafford Named To Top Position At Cupcake Couture. End Quote

Indianapolis, IN (1888PressRelease) January 18, 2012 - The Chef's Academy (http://www.thechefsacademy.com), the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 109-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers 40 degree programs in five schools of study, has announced that recent graduate, Rhiannon Spafford, has been promoted to executive chef at Cupcake Couture, a gourmet bakeshop in Baton Rouge, La. Well-known in the area for its sweets, Cupcake Couture provided an internship as a baker for Spafford while she completed her education with The Chef's Academy. During that time, she baked several hundred cupcakes for a Hollywood actor and took part in the bakery's tryout for a nationally-televised cooking show.

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"At The Chef's Academy we pride ourselves on giving students the tools they need to succeed at any position in the culinary industry," said Jayson Boyers, national division president of The Chef's Academy. "When you have a student who finds their passion, the possibilities for their career are endless. We are proud to congratulate Rhiannon on her new position and look forward to following her journey."

"Within my first two weeks I was baking hundreds of red velvet cupcakes for a famous actor," says Spafford. "It was the training at The Chef's Academy that helped immensely with recipe conversions and development."

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-The Chef's Academy graduated 90 students at its commencement ceremony in November.

ABOUT THE CHEF'S ACADEMY:
The Chef's Academy is the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 109-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers 40 degree programs in five schools of study. More than 6,000 students altogether are enrolled at Harrison College's 12 campuses, its online division and The Chef's Academy. Headquartered in Indianapolis, The Chef's Academy opened a second academy on a 4.37-acre campus in North Carolina's Triangle in August 2011. At The Chef's Academy, students become prepared and marketable graduates entering the fields of culinary arts, pastry arts, and hospitality and restaurant management through classroom and experiential instruction that sets up expectations for the real-life industry. The college's culinary division provides an environment that fosters students' passion for culinary arts and hospitality and a curriculum developed by the most qualified instructors and leaders in the market. The Chef's Academy is endorsed and accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF). For more information about The Chef's Academy, visit http://www.thechefsacademy.com.

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