SUNY Delhi Celebrates Portuguese Food and Wine with Fundraising Dinner

DELHI, NY (03/29/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Delhi presents "A Journey through Portugal" featuring the food and wine prepared by guest chef Gerald Pellegrino and Delhi's award-winning hospitality students and faculty on Thursday, April 17, at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Hall Hospitality Center.

Chef Gerald Pellegrino returns to lend his unique culinary talents in the kitchen. Pellegrino is owner/executive chef of Corks Restaurant, located in Baltimore, Md.

The annual dinner, which supports the Kevin Zraly Scholarship Endowment at the college, will feature four gourmet courses and wine pairings chosen by Kevin Zraly will be featured with each course.

Founded in 1999, the Kevin Zraly Scholarship Endowment has grown to become one of the largest sources of annual scholarships for hospitality management students at SUNY Delhi. It is named in honor of Kevin Zraly, a 1970 Delhi graduate who has gone on to become one of the world's leading wine authorities. He authored Windows on the World Complete Wine Course book, which has sold over three million copies.

Reservations for "The Annual Kevin Zraly Scholarship Dinner" can be made by contacting SUNY Delhi Hospitality Management at (607) 746-4400. Tickets are $105 each and a portion of the cost is tax-deductible.