10th anniversary of the passing of Chef Gary Holleman
"The Father of the Culinary Internet"

Sunday October 21, 2009 was the 12th anniversary of the passing of Chef Gary Holleman.

Reprinted from a posting at Edison High School Class of 1973

"Gary Holleman, respected chef, entrepreneur, book author, leader, father, grandfather, and husband, died unexpectedly Tuesday night, October 21, 1997 from complications resulting from heart surgery.

Like much of his career, his passing was followed by hundreds of people via the Internet.

We are excited to announce that Randy Caparoso has joined Escoffier On Line and will be contributing articles on Wine Food and the Restaurant Business.

The faculty, staff, students, and trustees of The Culinary Institute of America mourn the passing of CIA ambassador and beloved former instructor Joseph Amendola.

Paul Prudhomme called him the “teacher that teaches the teachers.” Author Marion Cunningham paid tribute to him in The Fanny Farmer Baking Book. But to everyone who was ever fortunate enough to know him at the CIA, Joe Amendola was “Mr. A.”

An honorary alumnus of the CIA, Mr. Amendola was with the college since the very beginning, helping establish the newly founded New Haven Restaurant Institute (later The Culinary Institute of America) and becoming the school’s first baking instructor in 1948. In his 60-plus years with The Culinary, he was acting president, senior vice president, director of development, dean of students, faculty member, and­since 1989­senior ambassador. He was one of the true mainstays of the college over the past six decades, and was instrumental in the tremendous growth of the CIA as it moved from New Haven, CT to the present home of its main campus in Hyde Park, NY.

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