VUHS grad cooks his way to U.S. title

VERGENNES — One entire chicken. Saffron, bell peppers, walnuts, rice. Eight full dishes to be prepared and plated. Two carefully angled cameras. One on-site observer. Two hours and 10 minutes on the clock.Ready … GO!Eighteen-year-old Nima Mehregan, a budding chef who had just graduated from Vergennes Union High School five days before, faced down these nail-biting conditions on June 16 to become the Gold Medalist in the high school Culinary Arts division of this year’s SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skil … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — On April 8 three Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center students, all seniors, learned their best work was the best, or close to the best, in Vermont. In one case, that of Vergennes Union High School senior and Vergennes resident Nima Mehregan, … (read more)