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Chef Char Zyskowski
Char's heart skipped a beat when she walked into the culinary school at CCA. This was the place. Leaving her job and sweet husband for almost two years, she enrolled to acquire her culinary credentials. She expanded her experience through her work at a bay area catering company while attending school and working in restaurant kitchens part-time. She also had the honor of working with Jacques Pepin in San Francisco's Public Television's "back-stage kitchen" during the filming of Jacques Pepin's Kitchen, Cooking with Claudine, preparing "twins" for the show as the finished product.She acquired wonderful experience in the Sonoma wine country at Jordan Winery while working in the winery kitchen preparing the very kind of food she hoped to prepare upon returning to her own business. Wine and food pairing were an essential part of her education while at CCA and while working at the Jordan Winery. Having served as President of the Wine Club almost the entire time while enrolled at CCA (surprise!!), she was able to help coordinate and lead wine tours and trips for students attending the school. Char loves sharing her expertise and cooking experience, recognizing, "We really do learn to cook by the seat of our pants, and we can have a lot more fun than that!" Char is in her 10th year in providing cooking classes and catering in Spokane, Washington. It remains an amazing dream come true that she is doing everything she pictured herself doing in this business…classes, fine dining, and cooking tours. It just demonstrates that if you can dream it, you can do it. Never underestimate the power of visualization!! Karen Copeland
As Dining Room Manager, she is in charge of our catered dinner and party functions and part-time staff when duty calls. She makes sure tables are set perfectly and the staff understands the order of the day and special function requirements. Most importantly, Karen brings her pleasant smile and great attitude plus an amazing amount of energy and hard work to her roll. We love Karen and are proud to have her as part of our hard-working team. View our Spokesman Review Article Here »
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Char
followed her passion when she enrolled at San Francisco's prestigious California
Culinary Academy after a long career in marketing and sales. Her husband, Marty,
and Char share five great kids...and when they were all through college, she
decided the time was perfect to follow her dream of "cooking her life away!"
Karen Copeland is our Kitchen and Dining Room Manager. During classes she works hard to assure a smooth-running class; assisting Char with preparations and looking ahead to make sure everything is orderly. She is the organizational queen!