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Meet Our Instructors

Kitchen Academy's Professional Chef Instructors, who will be helping you with your culinary training, represent some of the best in the industry. Most boast over 20 years of experience working in the restaurant, hospitality and entertainment industries. They're dedicated to the art of culinary training and bringing their vast experience in baking and cooking to you, the student.

Chef Instructors:

Mario Romero, Lead Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Colleen Burns, Chef Instructor
AOS - California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, CA

Colette Deshay, Chef Instructor
AA - Art Institute of Atlanta, Georgia

Kyle Nelson, Chef Instructor
AOS - Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Michael Perez, Chef Instructor
Certificate - Cerritos College of Culinary Arts, Cerritos, CA

Janet Rorschach, Chef Instructor
AOS - Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Chanel Martinez, Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Steven Brown, Chef Instructor
Diploma - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Jennifer Richardson, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Colin True, Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Azusena Mena, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, CA

Alex Reyes, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CABA - Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Brian Kim, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Caren Watts, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CABA - UC Santa Barbara, CA

Chanel Martinez, Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Christopher Gielen, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CABA - Citrus Community College Azusa, CA

Janet Rorschach, Chef Instructor
AOS - Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Karla Lomeli, Associate Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CABA - California State, Los Angeles, CA

Pierre Coray, Chef Instructor
AOS - French Culinary Diploma,
BA - Le Notre, Paris, France

Rick Jones, Chef Instructor
AOS - Johnson & Whales, Providence, Rhode Island

David Casillas, Lead Chef Instructor
AOS - California School of Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA

Jennifer Ottow-Associate Chef Instructor
AOS-Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Chanda Clark-Associate Chef Instructor
AOS-The Art Institute, Santa Monica, California