Skyline founders serve up a scholarship

The Glenway Skyline, one of three operated by the Lambrinides, the company's founding family, will be serving more than coneys from now on.
 
The fourth-generation family owners have created the $30,000 Glenway Skyline Scholarship to benefit graduates of Cincinnati Cooks. The Freestore Foodbank initiative offers free 10-week culinary courses for budding chefs in need of job training but with  limited resources.

Cincinnati Cooks prepares students for work in the food service industry. To further help the community, all the food cooked during courses is served at Kids Café, an after-school meal program that provides food for many Cincinnati Public School children.

The Lambrinides brothers learned of the Cincinnati Cooks through John Young, president and CEO of the Freestore Foodbank, and long-time customer of the Glenway Skyline. “We’ve had an ongoing relationship with him and knew it was something we could help out with,” says Nicholas Lambrinides.

The scholarship will be awarded in $1,500 installments to a new graduate of Cincinnati Cooks each year. The money will be deposited to the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State to allow the winner to continue a culinary education.

Brenda Torres received the inaugural scholarship at the most recent Cincinnati Cooks graduation ceremony. “She’s a hard worker and is going to do well at the culinary institute,” Lambrinides says. He personally presented Torres with the award at the ceremony.

The Lambrinides have a long-standing reputation of philanthropy in the city and were especially interested because of the culinary nature of their business and Cincinnati Cooks.

“Cincinnati Cooks is a great program that helps the community,” says Lambrinides, co-owner of the Glenway Skyline. “Our great-grandfather came from a modest beginning and created something great with Skyline. Maybe we can help do the same.”

Do Good:

• Donate: Free Store Foodbank is always accepting donations

• Volunteer: Contact Melanie Burden for information on how you can help out.

• Advocate: Check out this page to see how else you can help the FreeStore FoodBank.

By Evan Wallis