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Bauman College Grad Jen Franco Reduces Food Waste and Nourishes Communities as Culinary Director of Food Shift

Food waste is a serious issue in the U.S. According to Food Shift, approximately 35% of food in the U.S., amounting to 80 billion pounds, are thrown away each year…. Read More

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Jennifer Caroff Finally Found Herself in the Right Place, Facing in the Right Direction with Bauman College

Jennifer Caroff once worked as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist before pursuing a career as a Private Chef. Along the way, Jennifer occasionally does small size catering and online… Read More

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Bauman College Graduate Paty Stewart’s Quest as a Holistic Chef Providing Healthy and Nutritious Food for Children

Paty’s culinary quest spans three countries, two careers and one unending passion for cooking healthier, nutrient dense food. Join Paty as she explains how she went from an Accountant in… Read More

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Personal Chef Shannon Valle Brings Healing, Nourishment, and Connection Through S.O.U.L. Food

Personal Chef Shannon Valle is a graduate of Bauman College’s Natural Chef Program (now Holistic Chef Online Culinary Program) who clearly knows her purpose. According to Shannon, “My purpose, whether… Read More

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Bauman College Graduate Bridgett Blough is changing the food system; one order at a time with local vendors

Bridgett Blough, Graduate of Bauman College’s Natural Chef Program (now Holistic Chef Culinary Program) is also known as The Organic Gypsy, and offers a wide variety of wholesome, healthy and… Read More

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Alumni Spotlight + Recipe: Michelle Cave

My name is Michelle Cave and I am a Bauman College graduate. While exploring career paths, I did a lot of soul searching. When I discovered the field of nutrition,… Read More

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Personal Chefs Are the New Food Delivery Service

By Claire McCann, Natural Chef Alumna What is a personal chef? At Bauman College, we train culinary professionals including personal or private chefs, meal-delivery chefs, and dinner-party caterers. What does… Read More

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Alumni Spotlight: Shannon Valle

My name is Shannon Valle and I am a graduate of the Natural Chef Program. I was born and raised in San Francisco and for the past 24 years I… Read More

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Thinking About Becoming a Natural Chef? Explore These Unique Career Paths

Becoming trained as a natural chef is a progressive approach to a traditional skill set. It’s a way to help people connect to our symbiotic relationship with food—we nourish the… Read More

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Who is a Natural Chef?

People bring therapeutic cooking into their lives for many reasons. Whether you or a loved one experience a sudden illness that makes you think twice about what you eat or… Read More

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