April 7, 2005

Press Release

It comes as no surprise that one of Chef Deborah Hawkins students is going to the national finals of SkillsUSA representing the state of Texas. Selected as Tech Center teacher of the year in 1998, Chef Hawkins played a major role in creating the culinary arts program for the HEB ISD and has continued to develop one of the premier programs in Texas. Four of her students qualified at district to compete in the state competition; Cathy Pope, Kathryn Clark, and Abby Howard and Amelia Gilmore. Amelia, a senior at L.D. Bell High School, won at the state level and will compete in Kansas City at the National event in “Food and Beverage Service”. (www.skillsusa.org

Chef Hawkins was also honored this year as a winner of the Toyota International Teacher Program. One of sixty secondary teachers selected from the 10 states where Toyota USA has a presence, Chef Hawkins will spend 18 days as a guest of Toyota International learning about Japan. The award was supervised and the winners selected by the International Institute of Education (which is best known for the Fulbright Scholarships).. This is the 7^th year for this program which includes two days in California in orientation, two weeks exploring the industrial, educational, environmental, historical and social culture of Japan and two travel days. www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/toyota/default.htm

Chef Hawkins has been Winning Recipe’s (Formerly Munn’s Gourmet Foods, Inc.) consulting chef from our inception; developing our initial product from a general taste concept into a superior gourmet product. Product introductions will begin next month and will include her picture and salad recipe on our “Plano 2004” dressing. Product introductions of the “Fort Worth 2004” and “Houston 2004” will follow this summer as new products are being developed in San Antonio/Austin, and Dallas. www.winningrecipe.com. New Recipes are being developed in open competitions including a salad, dressing and additional uses for the dressing as a dip or marinade. Chef Hawkins then assists in developing each recipe for production, refining the recipe, including Texas products, and insuring maximum quality for each product. Each Winning Recipe “Dressing Dip Marinade” is then paired with a Llano Estacado Wine to complement the Texas designed and manufactured products using Texas ingredients where possible. (www.gotexan.org ). Look for these products in Whole Foods Markets and other gourmet stores soon.

Winning Recipe congratulates Chef Hawkins on her outstanding achievements.

Chef Hawkins is a member of the Texas Chefs Association and a graduate of the University of North Texas.

For more information contact: ron.payton@winningrecipe.com, 1-888-338-0909 (817)-545-5557 or visit our website www.winningrecipe.com.