Culinary Arts Academy/Cooking with Chef Adam
Culinary Arts Academy/Cooking with Chef Adam
Welcome to the Culinary Arts Academy!
Please Note: This Pogram is Only Open to Paso Robles High School Students:
If you have a desire to prepare and eat better food, then the Culinary Academy is for you. The pathway to your career begins once you step inside the kitchen of the Paso Robles Culinary Academy. The Academy provides you with the academic and technical preparation necessary to pursue high-skill, high-demand careers in the field. The knowledge and skills are acquired by integrating hands-on projects in the class and, “real world” experience in catering. Join the academy and learn: basic sauces and stock preparations, vegetables and proteins, menu development and costing, and overall kitchen etiquette. Once you have completed the Academy you will have a resume no Chef or restaurant owner could possibly pass over.
Lab based instruction
Cuesta College Dual Enrolled
Cul 210 Food Safey 213 Pastry Arts 225 Cul 220
Two Year Pathway
Industry ready upon completion of Pathway
“Real World” experience
SkillsUSA participation
Adam White Culinary Arts Specialist
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Adam White
Culinary Arts Specialist
Phone: (805) 769-1133
Email: ajwhite@pasoschools.org
Growing up in rainy Portland, Oregon, Chef Adam White used that indoor time to discover cooking. Wrestling in high school and an outdoor lifestyle naturally led Adam to food that was both healthy and fulfilling. That passion for health and flavor guided Adam in his culinary career, choosing to work at restaurants and institutions following the same philosophy.
Chef White attended Oregon State University and has over 25 years in the hospitality industry. In Oregon, worked for Big River Restaurant in Corvallis, The Black Rabbit restaurant in Troutdale, and the Rheinlander in Portland, where managed operations and refined his technique. Moving to the healthcare sector gave Chef White room to blend his love of food with the nutritional big picture. At a large hospital in Portland, Oregon, and later as Executive Chef on the Central Coast of California, community well-being and healthcare remained central.
Adam has been victorious two years running at Templeton’s Wellness Kitchen “Top Chef” competition. He has been featured on KSBY’s “Foodie Friday,” and in several local publications. Adam and his wife, Katie, have two young daughters and love the Central Coast life: camping, biking, finding new restaurants, and the occasional family
Cooking with Chef Adam
Culinary Demos
How to fry an egg