Today I was reminded of the Mr. Rodgers song about "the people that you meet when you're walking down the street in your neighborhood." At the end of a long day of work I stepped on to the elevator with fellow students and a small cluster of people from one of the upstairs offices. In looking at one of the gentlemen in the group he seems familiar, but I can't quite place him. Upon reaching the ground floor the cluster of people step off and Chef Calenda, who had been on the elevator with us, asks if anyone knows who was riding with us. It turns out that the familiar looking gentleman was Chef Martin Yan! Martin Yan... as in the tv show Yan Can Cook, tons of cookbooks and a slew of California restaurants.
What was he doing at Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, North Carolina of all places... Well, he is a visiting chef as well as being the guest of honor at a dinner event that our International Cuisine class has spent the past two days doing major prep work for! Tomorrow he will be giving a lecture and demonstration for the students and I am really looking forward to seeing it.
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