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Wasatch County teacher wins national culinary instruction award

By kpcw.org · August 20, 2026 · 1 min read
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Wasatch High School teacher Emily Willardson’s love of home cooking has earned her a national culinary community outreach award. But at Utah State University while pursuing a family and consumer science education degree, that changed. “I was like, I've made tons of bread before,” she said.

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