Putnam Students Win Statewide Restaurant Management Competition

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Five Putnam students enrolled in the Hospitality curriculum at BOCES in Yorktown have taken top honors in a statewide restaurant management competition and will now represent New York State in national judging on April 29 in Dallas.

Putnam’s New York State restaurant management champions include Alana Milazzo of Mahopac, Ariel Lawlor of Brewster, Jackie Moskwiak of Mahopac, Avery Palumbo of Brewster and Joe Spinelli of Carmel.
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Jason Bisnoff

03/09/2016 4:30 p.m.

The quintet consists of Avery Palumbo and Ariel Lawlor of Brewster, Joseph Spinelli of Carmel and Alana Milazzo and Jackie Moskwiak of Mahopac.

The contest was sponsored by the National Restaurant Association and reached 118,000 students in 1,700 high schools across all 50 states.

BOCES instructor Suzanne Pratt who coached the team explained that students participated in “real-world restaurant experiences.”

“Our students proved that they have what it takes to make it in the real world when they created ‘Mediterranean Made,’ a restaurant business plan for the competition,” Pratt said. “The concept caught the attention of judges, as well as professionals in the restaurant industry during the judging last week at Schenectady Community College.”

The national competition features the Putnam five going up against teams from 49 other states as well as from Guam, Puerto Rico and even a handful of schools from Europe.

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