CULINARY EDUCATOR

Darcy Sala '01"Wow, being at the CIA was a great experience," she gushes. "Every day I'd get up three hours early to be ready for classes. I can cry thinking about how wonderful it was to be around so many people exactly like me." As a chef-instructor for Dutchess County BOCES Career and Technical Institute in Poughkeepsie, NY, she's relishing the opportunity to bring that excitement to her own classroom. "I'm taking the knowledge, the enthusiasm, the passion that I got every day from my chef-instructors and sharing it with my students. The CIA gave me condidence, and I pass that on to them.

—Darcy Sala '01
Chef-Instructor
Dutchess County BOCES Career and Technical Institute
Poughkeepsie, NY

 

Share your love of cooking and baking with students of all ages and experience levels. As a chef-instructor at a high school or college, you can give aspiring culinarians the professional training they need to start their careers in the foodservice industry. You can also teach continuing education courses to culinary professionals who want to broaden their skills and advance their careers. Or, capitalize on the unprecedented popularity of cooking by offering workshops and classes for food enthusiasts. For this career, you'll need enthusiasm, strong leadership and people skills, and professional experience in the course of study.

 

A sample of CIA Alumni in this field:

  • Carl A. Behnke '97, C.E.C.
    Chef-Instructor
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, IN

  • Clay Doubleday '88
    Culinary Arts Instructor
    Chantilly Professional Technical Center
    Chantilly, VA

  • Diane Canada Pinkham '83
    Culinary Arts Instructor
    Portsmouth High School
    Portsmouth, NH
   
 
 
 
 
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