Compassionate chef
Vaibhav Sawant of Santana Row’s Fitoor Indian Grill and Lounge is one of three celebrity chefs competing in the 14th annual Chefs of Compassion, a fundraiser for West Valley Community Services (WVCS). The chefs will serve dishes at the March 28 event created entirely from ingredients from the WVCS pantry, which normally provides food to the Cupertino-based nonprofit’s clients. A panel of judges will name the winner, and attendees will choose their favorite.
Chefs of Compassion is set for 6 p.m. at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Tickets are $185 at https://www.chefsofcompassion.org/tickets/2025.
Neighborhood Notes
ALMADEN/ROSE GARDEN/WILLOW GLEN: San Jose Unified School District was well represented among the 225 Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE) center students who put their talents to the test at the SkillsUSA regional competitions, held Jan. 11-Feb. 8. Students demonstrated their expertise across a range of 30 career and technical competitions and were evaluated against industry standards like Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) and related technical math.
Gold medal winners from San Jose Unified included Kenia Cruz and Liam Brough from Pioneer High School; Samantha Nunes, Rotem Nahir Konigstein, Megan O’Connor and Anthony Mejia from Willow Glen High School and Kaylee Neuhaus from Leland High School.
Among the silver medalists were Breanna Perez from Pioneer, Destiny Rodriguez from Lincoln High School, and Angelica Cruz and Sofìa Guhe from Willow Glen.
Bronze medalists included Benjamin Alton, Angela Wells and Sophie Xu from Leland; Miguel Hernandez Perez from Lincoln; Dylan Aguayo from Willow Glen; and Katerina Bely and Katerina Kalivitis from Pioneer.
