Hard Work Helps Tampa Teacher Taste Success

By JOYCE MCKENZIE | The Tampa Tribune
Published: September 18, 2008

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NEW TAMPA --

Wharton High School's Edward Bujarski is the ProStart Florida Culinary Teacher of the Year.

Bujarski has been instrumental in developing the school's culinary academy, an academics-based program that incorporates social studies and American history classes in its curriculum and is a model for similar academies at other Hillsborough County schools.

"The thing I've found most attractive was the accountability of students learning more about the history and science of cooking and not just about cooking," Bujarski said. "It's taken a lot of work and a lot of time, but it's one of Wharton's pride and joys."

ProStart is a program of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation intended to attract high school students into the food service industry.