Kahja interviews Chantal Martin
Culinary careers look glamorous, but it takes skill, instruction, and great leadership to be successful, and as the Department Chair and Executive Chef of the Culinary Arts Program at Laney College in Oakland, Chantal Martin is using a life and career in food to help shape emerging talent across the industry in the Bay and beyond!
This week, Kahja talks with Chantal about her deep family roots in Oakland's food scene, the juxtaposition of jet-setting and working, transitioning from the private chef world to teaching, the limitations of televised cooking instruction, Laney Bistro's role in the overall curriculum, Laney College's footprint of esteemed alumni, societal shifts leading more people to the vastness of the hospitality industry, a breakdown of Laney's certificate and degree programs, and why a culinary career may just be a good fit for a variety of people.
Recorded on location in Oakland, CA.
Laney College Culinary Arts Program
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Intro music by Diff Works