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Tuesday, March 16 2010
The Seymour Herald — Seymour, TN

Submitted Photo(L-R) Chef Catherine Hallman, head of the Rel Maples Institute for Culinary Arts, pulls baked goods out of the oven donated to the Institute by Geoffrey Wolpert. Learning about the ovens are students Betty Williams and Kate Joyce.

donation to culinary arts school

A generous gift by Sevier County restraunteur Geoffrey Wolpert has enabled Walters State’s Rel Maples Institute of Culinary Arts to operate a bakery program like few other culinary schools.
The owner of the popular Peddler and Park Grill restaurants in Gatlinburg recently donated over $75,000 in ovens and baking materials to the institute. Wolpert is a member of Walters State’s Culinary Arts Advisory Board.

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