Graduation!!!

Today on December 21st, 2011, I graduated from the GREATEST culinary school in the world! It’s hard to believe that only two years ago I came to school nervous, intimidated, and extremely unexperienced. I pushed and pushed and pushed myself to the greatest limit so I can be where I am now. I feel like I have grown into a person with confidence, intuition, and knowledge that I never even knew I could achieve. If it weren’t for pure passion, I would have never made it in this school. I feel lucky that I found it as young as I did, and will cherish every skill and technique that I have learned. Times were hard every once and awhile, but I owe my education to The Culinary Institute of America and the incredible chefs that I met along the way. I should also thank you, my readers, for all of the e-mails telling me to keep pushing for my goals and reaching my dreams. Now that I have graduated I have so many new goals to achieve. I can finally live my dream. I’m totally ready to start.

Thank you, every one of you (by the way ‘you’ are now over 20,000 dedicated followers) for standing by the side of a stranger, listening to my rants (or advice!), and commenting the way you do. All I want is to cook amazing food for others, teach other people how to cook, and stay at the level of happiness that I am right now.

If you think that this journey is over, it’s not! I am ready to cook my soul into oblivion. Stick around! Also, please send your food questions to me! I still answer as many as I can!

Love,

Shesalty a.k.a. Rachel