School of Cooking Staff and Volunteers

A huge thank-you is owed to our staff kitchen assistants and volunteers. They’re the backbone of the school and our success is largely due to their hard work and dedication. We sincerely believe we have the best kitchen assistants and volunteers of any cooking school. Many of our celebrity chefs who teach in schools across the country would heartily agree!

Zebbie Borland, John Chico, Mary Cooney, Alex Guy, Julia Hoy, Lisa Mays, Mark Brown, Kim Ruth Neely, and Jack Zindorf are our Kitchen Assistants, and are instrumental in preparing for classes and keeping the school, clean, sanitary, and in good operating condition.

Peggy Neary is the School of Cooking Manager and works in the office handling customer registrations, preparing recipe packets, testing recipes, and keeping the School of Cooking running smoothly and efficiently.

Marilou Guy is the School of Cooking Assistant Manager and works with our chefs and instructors on menus and recipes and proper portioning. She also teaches several of our baking and other classes.

Several Kitchen Assistants also teach classes for us. Zebbie Borland teaches all of our Kid's Classes and has taught our Kids’ Summer Camps for the past eight years; Mary Cooney is our resident "Pie Queen" and also teaches many of our Italian classes; Jack Zindorf specializes in teaching introductory classes in Chinese, Creole, and Cajun cuisines.

We have a very special group of volunteers that work alongside our Kitchen Assistants. We wish to say thank you to: Dorothy Lewis, Kim Engler, Durelle Fullenkamp, Erin Caldwell, Gayle Diesing, Jackie Scanlan, Jenny Dillon, John Szelog, Martie Szelog, Mike Szelog, Judie Nishwitz, Judy LaRue, Kathy Mesaros, Linda Crane, Linda Spears, Margaret Hoge, Molly Tannian, Myra Manderfield, Pat Masteller, Paul Barnett, Sherry Monaghan, Skylar Robinson, Steve Milano, Susan Serr, Tim Moering, and Tony Ruscitelli.