2011’s First John Besh Chefsmove! Scholarship recipient,

2012’s French Culinary Institute graduate and Dean’s list recipient, 2014’s Mad grant recipient. I was flown to Copenhagen, Denmark for a week for a intimate visit to Noma and to experience the Mad seminar only 15 people won from all around the world I was the only American! I have a long list of mentors from Leah Chase to Zella Palmer, Linda Green. I was featured in the 2015’s Katrina 10 years after the storm ABC special with Robin Roberts.