Entrepreneurial Spirit…

Grace holds a master’s degree in Human Resource Management and a bachelor’s degree in Human Relations, with a minor in Human Resources from GGU, San Francisco.  She has over 25 years of combined experience in administration, banking, human resources, management, sales, training, and development.  She has also managed and administered corporate events for significant bay area companies.

As early as 1993, Grace’s natural ability to work with people began by creating unique and personalized invitations and running a wedding and event planning business for six years.  Alongside her career, an aspiration for cooking derived from her eldest son’s knack for baking.  Together with her husband Xavier and two sons, their entrepreneurial spirit took flight once again, and the idea of The Cooking Apprentice was created in 2010.

Cooking to Stay Alive
Xavier received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in International Relations from GGU, San Francisco.  In 1998 he enrolled in International Relations to pursue a Master’s Degree program.  He held a career background as a District Manager for a large corporation, which derived from his initial career path in Retail.  His adventures with food came about through the need to create edible dishes from a small sack of rice.  Born and raised in France, Xavier ventured with his father to Taiwan for several years, thus learning a bag of tricks that enabled him to transform rice into any number of tasty dishes.  He joined his older brother in the United States in 1993, continuing to nurture his kitchen skills by exploring other European cuisines and eventually adding seafood to his culinary accomplishments.  As far as desserts, Xavier started making tarts using recipes that came from his creative imagination.

Today, The Cooking Apprentice continues its avocation for a self-sustain way of cooking, focusing upon an agrarian, sustainable and homesteading path.  Our notion is that you don’t have to be a great cook to cook great food.  Instead, we focus on basics that can be replicated across a wide array of dishes together with an innovative, interactive, and fun experience that teaches essential life skills through the art, math, and science of cooking.

American Culinary Federation (ACF) Culinary Educator, eFoodHandler (ANSI ACCREDITED PROGRAM CERTIFIED ISSUER) Certified.