Chef Charles LaMonica ’79, A Career in Foodservice
CIA baking & pastry grad Charles LaMonica is EVP at Restaurant Associates. Now he serves as RA's overseer for its corporate & educational dining business.
CIA baking & pastry grad Charles LaMonica is EVP at Restaurant Associates. Now he serves as RA's overseer for its corporate & educational dining business.
Read about CIA culinary arts graduate Amy Greenberg. She is responsible for executive dining, meeting management, multimedia, and telepresence at Citicorp.
When Lilia was thinking of merging her love of sculpture with her love of food, she reached out to one of the chefs. Read about Lilia Temple, food stylist.
"He opened a window into a whole side of the industry that not only included wine, but encompassed consulting, writing, & judging," said Jamie Purviance.
Read about Darcy Sala, CIA culinary arts grad. "I'm taking the knowledge, enthusiasm, passion that I got every day from my chef-instructors & sharing it.
"If creativity is what first tempted you into the kitchen, then I encourage you all to explore the many artistic outlets in the culinary arts."—Maureen Petrosky, CIA alumna.
CIA alum, Pamela Parseghian. She knew that to successfully write about food you had to taste a lot and learn to really cook.
Read about Ira Meyer, CIA graduate, executive chef, & cookbook writer of Disney Recipes: From Animation to Inspiration.
To gain knowledge & expertise, Scott Jones enrolled at the CIA. It was in his Wine Studies class that he developed a love affair with wine. Read more...
Read about CIA alum Dan Coudreaut '95, Director of Culinary Innovation, McDonalds. Learn how Dan took his CIA culinary arts degree made a career in food.
Read about culinary arts graduate, Andrew Shotts, whose road to becoming one of "10 Best Pastry Chefs in America" began with a CIA degree.
Read about CIA graduate, Oliver Kita. He is an organic chocolatier who is inspired by reading, gardening, and international study.