{"id":32754,"date":"2015-03-17T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=32754"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:37:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:37:48","slug":"kapiolani-ccs-melanie-tancinco-recognized-for-culinary-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/17\/kapiolani-ccs-melanie-tancinco-recognized-for-culinary-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"<span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi\u02bbolani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>&#8216;s Melanie Tancinco recognized for culinary excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_32759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32759\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tancinco-m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tancinco-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"362\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tancinco-m.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tancinco-m-180x260.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Tancinco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cha\u00eene des R\u00f4tisseurs, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\/Pacific Islands Region, held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaineus.org\/Members\/EducationandSupport\/JeunesChefsCompetition.aspx\">Jeunes Chef R\u00f4tisseurs<\/a> competition at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> on Saturday, February 21. <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chef <strong>Grant Sato<\/strong>, Conseiller Culinaire Provincial, organized this prestigious state-wide competition. Six Jeunes Chef contestants participated in this year&#8217;s competition&#8212;four contestants were from Maui and two from <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>After four hours executing the best skill, talent and creativity in the kitchen, <strong>Melanie Tancinco<\/strong> earned the title, Best Young Commis Rotisseur. Tancinco also won the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\/Pacific Islands Regional Title in 2014 and later represented <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at the National Jeunes Chefs Competition in Florida.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/culinary.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/highlights\/young-chef-competition\/\">2014 Cha\u00eene des R\u00f4tisseurs Young Chef Competition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melanie is a <a href=\"http:\/\/culinary.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Culinary Arts<\/a> alumna, and former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acfchefs.org\/\">American Culinary Federation<\/a> team competition member. She is currently working on a bachelor of arts in culinary management from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s kitchens were the testing stage and much time was spent to insure competition logistics were followed according to Cha\u00eene des R\u00f4tisseurs regulations and standards. The competition centers around a &ldquo;mystery basket,&rdquo; where the Jeunes Commis does not know what ingredients will be used until arrival at the competition. The requirement is to create a menu in 30 minutes, then to prepare and plate a three-course meal for four people in three and a half hours.<\/p>\n<h2>More on Tancinco<\/h2>\n<p>Tancinco is currently employed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheraton-waikiki.com\/\">Sheraton Waik&#299;k&#299;<\/a>. She acknowledges the keen support and mentoring from Chefs Colin Hazama, Daniel Delbrel, Brett Villarmia and <strong>David Brown<\/strong> for giving her confidence.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what is different from this year&#8217;s win over last year&#8217;s, Tancinco said, &ldquo;I was better prepared this year. I feel I diligently developed menus and did a lot of reading and research on my own.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tancinco&#8217;s goal is to become an executive chef and travel the world discovering new cuisines. She hopes to eventually settle in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. For now, she is refining her skills and will be escorted by Sato to Las Vegas, Nevada in June to compete in the National Jeunes Chefs Competition. The winner will compete for the international title in Budapest this October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=7087\"><em>A <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kapi&#699;olani <abbr>CC<\/abbr> student Melanie Tancinco earns &ldquo;Best Young Commis Rottisseur&rdquo; title at Jeunes Chef R\u00f4tisseurs competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,184,63,660,71],"class_list":["post-32754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-culinary","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32754"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148640,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32754\/revisions\/148640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}