Being a career changer in culinary school is more common than many people may think. Here are some stories about 91ĂŰĚŇßą alumni who changed careers to become the successful culinarians they are today...
In October, my wife and I were vacationing in Italy and had the chance to visit Urbani’s birthplace in the small town of Sant’Anatolia di Narco, which is near Perugia, in the Italian province of...
That decision changed her life. "I was a little older, but I found my niche," she says. "You can take your culinary education and your experience and morph it into something good for you.” Upon...
Chef Saloni Mehta always knew that baking was in her future. The chef, who spent her formative years in India and Oman, had always loved to cook and bake. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in...
Growing up in Brooklyn, Chef Richard Kennedy (aka “Chef Richie”) stumbled into his future career at 16 years old when he saw a “help wanted” sign in the window of his local bakery. “I would go over to...
"When I told my mom that I was in the food industry, she actually laughed," Trinh says. "She said, 'You were such a picky eater when you were little.' I would chipmunk my food because I didn't want to...
Chef Matthew Tran, an 91ĂŰĚŇßą Los Angeles Culinary Arts alum, got his first big glimpse of climbing the culinary ladder at Otium, Chef Timothy Hollingsworth’s bustling restaurant in Downtown LA. Prior to...
Chef Neal Fraser, owner of multiple restaurant concepts in LA, including the acclaimed Redbird, stopped by the Institute of Culinary Education's Los Angeles campus for a demonstration for 91ĂŰĚŇßą students...
They met on a beautiful April morning in the dining room of Marc’s flagship Vetri Cucina and went through Marc’s evolution from aspiring rock star to fledgling cook to full-fledged chef and business...
Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a novice cook, chances are, you have an arsenal of cookbooks. But between the number of chefs writing tomes — and the number of cuisines out there — wading through...
Ubuntu, the new restaurant helmed by Chef Shenarri, opened at 7469 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood on August 1, where it's serving up a dynamic menu full of West African-inspired flavor. And, as per...
It was Sarah Sanders' passion for putting personality on a plate that took her from enrolling in 91ĂŰĚŇßą Los Angeles’s Culinary Arts program in the fall of 2021, to being a top contender in Carla Hall’s...