Grayson Culinary Arts

Grayson College students Riley Wright, Joe Fisher, and Liz Osuna Yates attend the Epicurean World Master Chefs Society scholarship and induction luncheon today at Shady Oaks Country Club in Ft. Worth. The society focuses on three pillars: charity, education, and competition! Three things Grayson Culinary Arts feels VERY passionately about! Thank you for inviting us and congratulations to Executive Chef Gabriel Maldonado on his induction into the society!

Grayson College hosted the Team USA Youth Culinary Olympic Team last month. GC student, Joe Fisher, is a member of the team.

Congrats to Grayson College students with their medals at the ACF Central Region Qualifier! Please give special well wishes to Elizabeth Yates who had the highest score in the region for Student Pastry Chef of the Year and moves on to the National ACF Competition in Michigan this summer.

This weekend Grayson College students competed in the 1st Annual Zwilling Winter Classic hosted by the Texas Chefs Association in Dallas. A lot of medals were earned! Thank you so much to Zwilling and the TCA for hosting this event and helping students grow in their culinary pursuits! Thank you to Dallas College, Larry Matson, and Jason Avelson!

Pastry Skills:
Elizabeth Osuna Yates- Gold
Cody Stinnett- Gold
Alan Gonzalez- Silver
Katelyn Griffis- Silver
Riley Wright- Silver
Jacob Martin- Silver

Knife and Butchery Skills:
Michael Green- Silver
Jacob Martin- Bronze
Lex Rowe- Bronze

Hot Food:
Dalton Glinn- Silver
Cody Stinnett- Silver
Jefferson Martinez- Silver

Pastry Plated:
Cody Stinnett- Silver
Jefferson Martinez- Bronze

Celebration Cake:
Alazieya Rivas- Bronze

Professional Dessert:
Maggie Evans- Bronze

It was a great Texas Chefs Association State Convention for the Red River Chapter and Grayson College. Students and instructors had an extremely busy weekend including a tri-tip cook-off, education sessions, and competitions. 6 students competed in the skills competition. They earned two silver medals (Taryn Kiersey and Cole Gibson) and four gold medals (Dalton Glinn, Joseph Fisher, Cody Stinnett, and Jefferson Martinez)! Congrats to Jefferson for his 1st place finish! Chef Joanna Bryant earned a bronze medal in the garde manger category, presented a discussion about student engagement, was elected state 1st vice president, and received a presidential medallion from ACF National President, Rene J. Marquis, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC for her work in the TCA. Student, Joseph Fisher, was awarded a knife by TCA President, Len Pawelek, for his participation on Youth Team USA. Chef Rory Larkins (GC alum) was named Red River Chapter Chef of the Year, Chef Rusty Weatherly received an award for his term as chapter president, won chapter chef educator, and presented a session on certification, and Chef Charles White (GC alum) received a chapter contributor award. Another major highlight was Cole Gibson winning the Student Chef of the Year Award for the Red River Chapter and for the State of Texas. This marks the 8th year in a row a Grayson College student has won this award at the state level!!! Cole graduated GC in May and has started his apprenticeship at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. A very successful end to a busy year! Onwards to the 2025/2026 academic year!

Grayson College's culinary student, Joseph Fisher, takes part in a culinary fundraiser for Culinary Team USA at the Las Vegas ACF convention.

We are so proud to announce that Grayson Culinary Arts student and 2024 Gainesville HS graduate, Joseph Fisher, travelled to New York last week to tryout for ACF Culinary Youth Team USA last week and made the team! He will now train for two years and compete in Luxembourg in 2026 at the culinary world cup and in Stuttgart, Germany at the IKA Culinary Olympics in 2028. Congrats Joe!

We have the following tables available for our Valentine's Dinner on Friday February 14th:
5:30 2 tables
7:00 1 table
7:30 3 tables
8:00 4 tables

Grayson Culinary Art’s
Annual Valentine’s Dinner Fundraiser

Dinner for two at Six Ninety One Restaurant at Grayson College
$150 per couple
Seatings from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday February 14th, 2025
RSVP to [email protected]

Menu
Wedge Salad
Crispy bacon, heirloom cherry tomatoes, candied pecans, iceberg lettuce, and choice of house made ranch or blue cheese dressing

Beef Tenderloin Oscar
Topped with crab and brown butter hollandaise and served with creamy whipped Yukon gold potatoes and asparagus

Dessert with flavors of rose, pistachio, red fruit, chocolate

Complimentary wine included

It is that time of year! We are doing holiday baked goods for you to enjoy or to buy for gifts! Email [email protected] to get an order form.

Cookie Decorating Kit (8 cookies, 4 frosting bags, sprinkles): $20.00
Gingerbread Men: $3.00 each
Proof & Bake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting (4 large): $25.00
Molasses Cookies (Dozen): $22.00 (Add $10 to be packaged in a holiday tin
Molasses Cookies (1/2 Dozen): $12.00 (Add $10 to be packaged in a holiday tin
Frozen Ready-to-bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: Dozen- $20/Half-Dozen $12