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Luke Guensch of Fogelsville, recently won an all-expenses-paid scholarship to attend an externship in Chef Emeril Lagasse’s New Orleans restaurants.

Guensch competed with seven other Northampton Community College culinary arts students in a Chopped-style cook-off in May.

Initially, the eight students were told only three would win an all-expenses-paid scholarship to attend an externship in one of Lagasse’s New Orleans restaurants in 2019 over winter break.

At the ninth annual Lehigh Valley Food and Wine Festival on June 1, Lagasse made the surprise announcement at his cooking demo at the Sands, Bethlehem, all eight students would be awarded this coveted opportunity.