Emporia’s teen chef, Aldo Sandoval, was in Topeka today for a cooking session that will be filmed and edited down for broadcast on WIBW-TV, Channel 13, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
He also is expected to be featured on a “Good Kids” piece during the 10 p.m. news Tuesday.
“He’s going to do one of our entire cooking segments tomorrow,” WIBW news anchor Ralph Hipp said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon. “We’re going to treat him like Mr. Food. ... We’re going to record whatever time Aldo needs to make it.”
The segment will be edited down to four or five minutes, Hipp said.
Sandoval won the 2008 Best Teen Chef competition in Dallas in April and placed second in the national competition last month in Las Vegas. The win in Dallas brought the 19-year-old a $10,000 scholarship to the Culinary Arts Institute and the Las Vegas win carried a $40,000 scholarship to the Institute.
Sandoval will prepare Orechietti con Carciofl — stuffed pork rolls — that were part of his entry in the Las Vegas competition.
emporian (anonymous) says...
Great job Mr. Sandoval. Keep up the good work. Maybe we will be watching you on Hell's Kitchen one day cooking for Gordon Ramsey.
June 9, 2008 at 6:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Bjnemp (anonymous) says...
Well, young Mr. Sandoval is doing a splendid job, so far, but the competition out there is brutal. In order to rise to the very top of his chosen profession he needs practice, practice, and more practice. Therefore, I volunteer to let him come to my home every night for a month, or two or three, and fix dinner for me and my wife. Yes, it will be a sacrifice for us, but to help out a nice young man from our community, it will be worth it.
June 9, 2008 at 9:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dml (anonymous) says...
Bj, your tongue is so firmly implanted in your cheek that it is never coming out!
June 9, 2008 at 11:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )