LEWISTON — Leavitt Area High School senior Kylie Paige Morris has been named as the recipient of the first Jordan Handy Scholarship. Kylie Morris was awarded a $500 scholarship.

“She truly exemplifies my same passion for the culinary arts and seeks to encourage and foster this same passion in those who seek a career in the culinary world,” said Jordan Handy, founder of the scholarship.

“I am sure Kylie will do great things in the baking and pastry field. Morris is someone who has set a high standard for herself in the kitchen during the two years she has spent in the culinary arts program,” said Handy.

Chef Dan Caron, head of the Green Ladle, described her as someone who is  “exceptionally imaginative, reliable and enthusiastic about learning,” whose skills are “forever escalating.”

Baking and Pastry Chef Brianna Doyle called Morris a “standout” with tremendous natural ability.

She has maintained a 97 average in the Lewiston Regional Technical Center’s culinary program while working a part-time.

The aspiring chef has been accepted into the baking and pastry program at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.

According to Handy, there were many reasons why the scholarship was created. One was to give the graduating students of the Green Ladle Program an opportunity to seek their passion. Another was to give back to the Green Ladle, especially Caron, for preparing Handy mentally and technically for the best culinary school in the world.