Jarrell's Story

My passion is Cooking and Art.

Every since I was young, I used to enjoy drawing and creating things. I also loved food. I especially loved cakes and homemade food. As I grew older I started to watch a show called “Man vs Food” which is a showcase of specialty foods and how those types of foods are created. Most of the food showcased on the show is international which helps me get a better understanding of how other countries cook and prepare foods. Seeing all these types of foods made me want to try and create something like those and using some art skills, I could make it look interesting as well as edible. Also, when I was younger I helped make a coconut cakes which I enjoyed doing and learning. Although my knowledge on cooking is based mostly around what happens at home or what I gather from television, I can learn how to create more complex dishes at home for my family.

Attending Sur La Table Summer Cooking Series will help me explore my passion because it will allow me to be more creative in an interesting and new way. By joining this program, I will be able to further expand my creativity not by just drawing but also by cooking special meals. This program will greatly enhance my searing, roasting, baking and pastry-making skills as well as teach me how to cook international cuisines. These would not only help my skills in the kitchen, but overall teach me what cooking is like in other countries worldwide. I want this opportunity because it would be a nice experience to be able to learn an essential skill for life that would be beneficial to my survival and enjoyment. By learning how to cooking or bake special meals, I can make my time as well as other people’s time more enjoyable by giving them a taste of my different meals.