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Chef and Culinary Grad Finds Big Success by Thinking Small

Michael Collantes can’t sit still. That may explain why the Valencia grad (class of 2005) now operates three restaurants in [...]

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Kitchen Reverential: Valencia Grad Learns His Trade from the Masters

Camilo Velasco may be one of Florida’s hot young chefs, but he did not learn to cook at his mother’s [...]

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Valencia College Downtown: A View of What’s to Come

Valencia College, in partnership with the University of Central Florida, will move downtown next summer, opening the doors to a [...]


Culinary Student Wins a Whopping Surprise, a Visit from the Today Show

Valencia culinary student Sasha Sincic has always loved brussels sprouts. But, to get family members to share her passion for [...]