High School Culinary Arts Teacher in Marblehead, MA
Marblehead High School
2025-26 Fellow: Chef Kelly is a recently retired business owner of a gourmet cake and pastry shop for over 30 years. She is a graduate of both The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland & The Cordon Bleu in London, England. Kelly is in her second year of teaching Culinary Arts at Marblehead High School. She was introduced to Pilot Light from a past session she was a part of at Rooted and became curious of Pilot Light’s wonderful purpose and is excited to be Fellow in such a wonderful organization. Kelly looks forward to taking her skills & knowledge of food and cooking and passing it along to her students and engaging them in the wonderful world of food and watching them grow and learn to be amazing cooks . She knows first hand that cooking is a life skill and she is excited to have her students grow!
Favorite Food Education Standard: FES #1: Food connects us to each other and #2: Foods have sources and origins.
The first two resonant with me the most. Food is the center of all gatherings. Food is what brings us to the table to discuss our day. Food has amazing origins and its fun to learn why it is from certain areas and what we can learn from it
A Favorite Food Memory or Recipe:
My favorite memory is attending The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. This school is a true ‘farm to table’ school and gave my foundation of knowledge and instilled the passion that I have for the industry.
What I’m Most Excited About as a New Fellow:
I am excited to learn from the other Fellows and learn what I can teach my students about food connections , sources and origins.
