Chef Tropepe offers private cooking lessons and demonstrations as well as catering services.
Appointments required.
Language:
English
Price per service:
$60.00
Free Consultation:
N\A
Same Day Service:
N\A
Payment Method:
Cash
Status:
Active
Policies:
None
None
Requirements:
Meeting Place:
Client's Home Client's Office Neutral
Company Name:
The Main Ingredient
Philadelphia, PA 19114
Company Description:
After graduating from Xaverian High School in June of 2000, Vincent attended the Art Institute of New York were his concentration was Culinary and Pastry Arts and Restaurant Management. Throughout his culinary school career Chef Tropepe has proven himself to be one of the highest ranking students within the school.
While in culinary school, Vincent decided that his interest of religion was also an area that we would like to study as well. He applied and was accepted to London, England?s Stafford University were he received the Chancellors Academic Scholarship as a distant learning student were he studied and obtained his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Christian Theology.
With now going to school for two areas of study simultaneously, Vincent also held many jobs. At such a young age Vincent was hired to be a line cook at a popular Bensonhurst, Brooklyn restaurant were Vincent clearly took command of his station while proving to the owner that his understanding of food surpassed his line cook duties. He quickly went up the ranks of the kitchen and by the age of 20 was the executive chef of the restaurant.
Now as the executive chef, he made many improvements to the menu and the kitchen staff making this popular restaurant even more popular making sales almost triple. Clearly, Vincent?s understanding of food, the workings of the restaurant business, food trends and culinary education paid off. However, Vincent contributes his success by being around food his whole life. His parents had a thriving chocolate business in Brooklyn, where he learned the art of making delicious chocolates and chocolate sculpting.
Chef Tropepe also served as Michael Bolton?s personal chef at his New York City residence for a period of time. Not to mention that being a driven culinary student he master 15 different cuisines, Italian, French, Greek, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Floridian, Californian, Southern American, American Continental, Infusion Cooking, BBQ to name a few.
In 2005 Chef Tropepe opened his own Italian cookie company called, Grandma Helina?s Italian Cookie Company Incorporated. Were he handmade, gift wrapped and imported his glorified Italian cookies, to stores, gift shops and supermarkets including the famed Wegman?s all across the country and even had the Trump Organization singing his praises.
From 2002 to 2005 Tropepe did freelance restaurant consulting work. With a proven track record of making restaurants run more effectively. He has consulted over 300 restaurants during that time and did consulting work in a wide variety of restaurants and food service establishments.
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