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Culinary arts students from Orange Coast College will leave tonight

for Efurt, Germany, to participate in the World Culinary Olympics.

A group of 25 OCC students will observe and take part in workshops at

the Olympics, but one student, Jeff Dickstein of Laguna Niguel, will

serve as an apprentice for Jill Bosich, a member of the U.S. National

Team. OCC alumni Randy Torres, who teaches culinary classes at the

college, will compete as a member of Team California. OCC graduate Chris

Hanmer is an apprentice for U.S. National Team member Susan Notter.

OCC students previously attended the event in 1988 and 1996, in

addition to culinary competitions and salons in Berlin, Frankfurt,

Singapore, New York, Seattle and Los Angeles.