The graduating students from the Westlake Culinary Institute in Westlake Village, Calif will cook up their specialties this weekend and raise funds for the victims injured in the July 16 Farmers Market tragedy.
The Westlake Culinary Institute on Sunday will hold their graduating banquet at the Lavande Restaurant in the Loews Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave. For $70, guests will enjoy an eight-course dinner with accompanying wines beginning at 5 p.m. during a cocktail hour. A graduation ceremony will end the evening beginning at 9 p.m.
Students from all over Southern California gathered together for the past six months under the supervision of Cecilia DeCastro. In addition to creating recipes for Wolfgang Puck’s television show, DeCastro has taught the professional cooking series at the Westlake Culinary Institute for the past 15 years.
For more information call (818) 730-0444 or Jill Hymas (805) 241-1626.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 19, 2003. Read the original PDF.