THE REALITY STARS
Kevin Sbraga, who won the seventh season of Bravo’s Top Chef and $125,000 last year, opened his own restaurant, named Sbraga, in Philadelphia last month.
Three years ago Aaron McCargo Jr. won season four of The Next Food Network Star to get his own show on the network, Big Daddy’s House.
THE TEACHER
Holding office hours and preparing lesson plans are things all teachers do. But how many can say they taught ice carving or sauce making? That’s how Kevin Mitchell, chef instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston, spends his days. “I’ve worked in many different aspects of the industry, but now I have the opportunity to train future chefs,†says Mitchell, who is in his third year of preparing the next generation–16 students at a time–through culinary arts and regional cuisine classes.
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