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Meet the Core Faculty...
Joanne Saltzman
Founder and Director
  • fundamentals
  • personal chef
  • teacher training
  • business planning

Joanne is author of the books Amazing Grains , Romancing The Bean, and Intuitive Cooking.She has written articles for New Age Journal and Veggie-life Magazine, and Quinoa Corporation.


For 30 years she has worked with natural foods, as a business woman, teacher, mother, and dancer. Joanne has also designed food service operations both as consultant and proprietor.


Omid

Roustaei

  • fundamentals
  • personal chef
Omid is a graduate of SNC and holds a Masters of Arts degree in Applied Behavioral Science. Omid serves as a psychotherapist, culinary instructor and a yoga teacher in the Seattle area. His focus is on educating others in practicing, eating and living intentionally and mindfully in order to develop and sustain a greater degree of health as a lifelong practice.

www.chefomid.com

Mike Duhon

  • dessert/pastry
  • vegan gastronomy
  • performance dinner
Mike is a graduate of SNC and an honored graduate of the Écoles Grégoire-Ferrandi in Paris. His most recent continuing education was a summer study at La Escuela de Hosteleria y Turismo de Valencia in Valencia, Spain. He is a certified chef and an artist with food.

His passion blends the classical forms and artistic presentation with vegan cuisine.


Susan Jane Cheney
  • whole grain breads
 
   
Susan is an original member of the Moosewood Collective. She is author of the book Breadtime Stories and Stir Crazy in addition to being a contributing writer for Vegetarian Times Magazine.

She draws upon more than 25 years experience with natural food cooking and special breads to teach the bread course with mastery, delicate finesse, and precision.

Supplemental Faculty:

 

Maia Cunningham - Protein Focus, Personal Chef and Foundation Course

Roberta Backlund - Somalier,  wine classes

Steve Gagne - Author Energetic of Food, energetic nutrition course

Tuya Sereda - Living Foods

Monique Rugile - Personal Chef, Foundation Course

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