Reid Shilling ’12 grew up in a food industry family. The Shilling Canning Company began operation in 1935 in Finksburg, MD, preserving tomatoes, corn, peas, and green beans from their Carroll County ...
“In this industry, networking is everything. Every step of my career has been the result of networking and now I’m a part of a worldwide CIA alumni network that is more than 50,000 strong.” Roshara ...
“I think one of the most important facets of my time at CIA was that every single instructor I had was willing to take the time and go more in depth on any number of subjects.” CIA Reflects the ...
How did you become interested in food and hospitality? I became interested in food and hospitality through my grandmother’s (abuelita’s) cooking. Her cooking has always made me feel loved and taken ...
“Studying with Chef Forgione was amazing. The experience confirmed in my mind the direction I want my career to go. I learned how to grow food, cost it out, understand the financial benefits of owning ...
Award winning chef and restaurateur Michael Mina ’89 heads up a successful restaurant group with 39 restaurants located in Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Washington DC, Seattle, ...
Greg Vernick has been around food all his life. His mother ran Haddonfield Diet Shop in New Jersey, and his grandfather owned Philadelphia’s Friedman’s Market, a butcher shop and market inherited from ...