CHIC Podcast #61: Questions and SurveysThis week we tackle more questions from listeners and students and sometimes both. Feel free to add to the dialogue by posting your own questions. E-mail me to find out more about food. We also take a survey: What is your food guilty pleasure?...
CHIC Podcast #59: Checking the MailbagThis week I am podcasting alone again. I took some time to answer some listener mail. The questions are below. I really want to thank my students and listeners for the great questions. I also added a song for today?s show, Anne Farnsworth with a...
Sometimes you just meet someone who can talk with about anything in your field. Gabriel Smith, Gabe as he likes to be called is one of those people. He took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with us on what is happening in Chicago restaurants and his...
CHIC Podcast #57: Student Progress ReportI often think that students find themselves a little turned around about 1/2 way through their program here at our cooking school. They know how to do some things but they are unsure what the rest of their time at school will hold and even...
CHIC Podcast #56: Externship Coordinator Jeff SingAn externship comes at the end of a culinary student's term at school. Our externship coordinator, Chef Jeff Sing helps the student find what's best for him or her. I talked with Chef Sing about how students can prepare themselves for this...
CHIC Podcast #55: More on Hotels and ExternshipsChef John Montanile and I sit down again to talk about our work at the hotels. Our discussion veers a bit to talk more about externships and how to comport yourself at school and a job in the food service industry. ...