CRATE FACULTY

ROSE BARKER
Manager at Crate. Ranks high on the best staff all-around foodie!

KAREN CAHALL on staff teacher

CHRISSY CORRADO
Owner of Chrissy Cakes. Specializing in unique cake designs that have been recognized by receiving cake designing awards.

MARLENE DEGEORGE on staff teacher

HENRY DEWEY
Co-owner of Penn Avenue Fish Company. Talented chef.

JIMMY D'ALESSANDRO
Butcher at Giant Eagle and Market District stores for over 33 years.

YVETTE FLAXMAN is one of our Real Housewives of Pittsburgh, PA. In here previous life was one of Pittsburgh's top models.

GLORIA FORTUNATO
Co-owner and Chef of Wild Rosemary Bistro in Upper St. Clair. Was chef at the much loved Café Allegro closed recently). Her restaurant has opened to rave reviews (class information on internet only).

LORI HARDIMAN is one of our Real Housewives of Pittsburgh, PA. She currently is an attorney for First City.

ADAM KAPLAN
Was briefly chef at Genoa in Portland (which closed after 36 years in business because of economic conditions). When Round Corner Cantina in Lawrenceville opened in 2009, he was the first chef.

JANET LASZEWSKI on staff teacher

JUDAY LINABURG is one of our Real Housewives of Pittsburgh, PA. In her previous she was a model in Pittsburgh. She co-owns Van-Dyke Business Systems and is an active fund raiser.

LAURA MAIELLO on sabbatical staff teacher

LINDA MASON on staff teacher

ANDREW MORRISON is the Chef of Habitat in the Fairmont Pittsburgh.

LORETTA PAGANINI
Owner of Loretta Paganini's School of Cooking and ICASI (a division created for professionally trained chefs) located in the Cleveland area.

JOYCE PITTMAN on staff teacher

JEREMY REED
Chef/instructor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, School of Culinary Arts and Culinary Management. Has been teaching for over eight years in the food industry.

CAROLE MOSITES SCALO is one of our Real Housewives of Pittsburgh, PA . She started "Cuddy Roofing", as a female minority based company for government roofing contracts.

BETH SHOENER on staff teacher

CAROL TABONE
Retired director of Jungle Jim's Cooking School in Cincinnati.
cooking school in the Friendship/Bloomfield area, Chop, Wok and Talk!

RANDY TOZZI
Regional Prepared Food Specialist for Giant Eagle and Market District.

JONNY HAN TSAO: Master Sushi Chef at Penn Avenue Fish Company

LINDA WERNIKOFF
Owner/Director of Crate for thirty-two years.