Stone Soup Cottage
Carl McConnell is a well known Executive Chef, Entrepreneur, Travel Consultant and a Food Lover. He and his wife, Nancy, own Stone Soup Cottage, an intimate, French fine dining establishment. Nestled in the heart of historic Cottleville, Missouri, Stone Soup Cottage, a restored 1850s farmhouse, is open to the public a few nights a week, [...]
Sherlock’s Hero – Chef Keith Brockman
Keith Brockman is the executive chef of Sherlock’s Steak and Seafood, located in the heart of Old Town Cottleville. From steaks, seafood, pastas and salads to the delicious sandwiches, appetizers and desserts, Keith’s cooking touch will please any palet. Keith attended New England Culinary Institute. His restaurant experience includes Dierdorf & Hart’s Steakhouse, the Ritz [...]
Jilly’s Cupcake – Chef Dana Holland
Chef Dana Holland has got nearly 30 years of culinary experience, most recently as executive chef at Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Cafe. Prior to his role at Jilly’s, Holland spent six years as owner and chef of Babalu’s & Babalu’s Snack Shack, a full-service Pan Latin restaurant in St. Louis. Chef Holland co-founded Culinary Software [...]
Modern Spice by Monica Bhide
Monica Bhide is a well known chef, cookbook author and an entrepreneur. Her highly praised first cookbook, “The Spice Is Right: Easy Indian Cooking for Today” is a collection of mouth-watering menus tempered with her up-to-date touches on classic Indian recipes. Monica’s second book, “The Everything Indian Cookbook: 300 Tantalizing Recipes-From Sizzling Tandoori Chicken to [...]
Vicki Davenport – Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts
Vicki Davenport is the Executive Chef at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, St Louis. She holds a Bachelors degree in Corporate and Industrial Communication and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Lindenwood University. After a fifteen year career in purchasing and inventory control, she studied Culinary Arts at St. Louis Community College [...]
Jilly’s Cupcake – Chef Casey Shiller
Chef Casey Shiller, Certified Pastry Chef, is the Executive Pastry Chef and Coordinator of Baking and Pastry Arts for St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, where he teaches classes in baking, pastry, chocolates, and confectionary art. In addition to teaching, Chef Shiller is also the Director of Pastry and Baking for Jilly’s Cupcake Bar [...]
Sudhir Kandula crusades for true Indian food in America
By Jessica Rock Sudhir Kandula is famous for being the runner-up on NBC reality show America’s Next Great Restaurant, but he is much more than just a reality star. Suds, as his friends call him, grew up in India and has loved food from a very young age. He now lives in New York City, [...]
Best Gooey Butter Cake
Dale Schotte, a St. Louis based entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Park Avenue Coffee, Ann & Allen Baking Company and Coffee Source Online. To put it simple, he sells great coffee drinks and the world famous St. Louis style gooey butter cake. Though Schottle’s plan was to have a local coffee shop with [...]
