Could a Westtown Grad Become The Next Iron Chef?
Celina Tio: The Next Iron Chef?
Celina Tio, Westtown School ’88, owns and operates Julian, a bistro in Kansas City, MO.
Tio cites watching Julia Child as well the gift of a knife (with accompanying lessons on its use) from her grandfather as her culinary beginnings.
After graduating from Westown, Tio earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management from Drexel University.
Her time in the kitchen includes stints at Philadelphia’s Ritz-Carlton and Walt Disney World in Orlando. She earned “Chef of the Year” in 2005 by Chef magazine and “Best Chef: Midwest” from the James Beard Foundation in 2007 while at American Restaurant in Kansas City. She opened Julian in 2009.
The season’s first episode of The Next Iron Chef premieres Sunday, October 3.
For more information on Tio and her quest to achieve Iron Chef status, visit these articles:
KC Restaurateur Celina Tio Will Compete to Be ‘The Next Iron Chef
Westtown School Graduate: World’s Next Iron Chef?
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A product of both private and public education, Brian Fisher served as a teacher, coach, dorm parent, and administrator at three different boarding schools. Brian also fills the role of Director of Development at Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School, in NH along with being a partner at AdmissionsQuest.
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