Director of Restaurant & Hospitality Management Rick Camac asked Jeff about his transition from tenure with a well-established restaurant group to an entrepreneurial endeavor with Executive Chef James...
Chef Sim has been a baker since 1973. He's working with a three-year-old starter and recommends a three-day dough for "a soft, airy interior with a nice crusty shell on it and a lot of flavor." First,...
Chef Elisa emphasizes ingredient choice, precision and texture to perfect this dessert. She chooses pure, organic butter free of additives, dark brown sugar for an extra rich flavor, and bourbon for...
"The Fourth of July is a symbol of American pride, and no dessert is more American than a classic pie," Maddie says. "Buttermilk pie was adapted by settlers in the South because they had an abundance...
Tania moved to New York from Jakarta, Indonesia, in February and started career classes at the Institute of Culinary Education in March to pursue a path to cake artistry. For her first Independence...
When Ron decided to start a pie company for wholesale customers, he began baking at night in borrowed space. After building up to 90 clients, like Balducci’s and Dean & DeLuca, the restaurant evolved...
NGI chef instructors and students cooked at the school's 40th anniversary event. Jay Astafa opened Long Island's first entirely vegan restaurant, 3 Brothers Vegan Cafe, and founded a plant-based...
Here’s what food and lifestyle sources say to expect in the restaurant and hospitality industries this year ⎯ and how to cook, bake and host accordingly. Kitchn says Pinterest “searches for recipes...
Aaron always wanted to host his own culinary show. But he concealed this goal, while cooking alongside his parents as a child, and made the “safe decision” to attend University of Illinois where he’d...
Matthew worked in the banking industry for five years while dreaming of pursuing his real passion: cooking. When he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and hospitalized four times last year, he...
Sophia wasn’t working in the pastry industry when she entered an amateur cake decorating contest in 2015...and won. Though she wasn’t unhappy working as a web developer, she knew it wasn't going to...
After high school, Darien W. followed the path his family set for him, enrolling in Arizona State University to study public policy law. But fate clearly had other plans: after starting his own...