Jan Schiff, CCP

Chef Jan Schiff graduated from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts  in 1989 with high honors. She earned ten of the school's eleven academic and lab achievement awards, an accomplishment attained only once in the School's twenty-nine year history.

Jan's relationship with food began when she was an art student in college working with food dyes and making tempura glazes from egg yolks. Combining her art and culinary backgrounds, she embarked on a teaching career that began at the Wellesley Center for Adult Education. She became involved with Mass General and Vincent Memorial hospitals producing and cooking food for several thematic, large-scale events. Her experience garnered her positions as a catering chef and head baker for the Midnight Kitchen in Wellesley, MA, and Mezzaluna Café in Boston.

Jan teaches Baking, Classical French, and Asian and Fusion cuisines in CSCA's Professional Chef's Program. She teaches her students to see food as art and encourages them to use food as an artistic medium by which to express color. Her classroom motto?..."Let them be the Reniors of the future with food! and always take it to the next level!"

Jan is a member of the New England Culinary Guild and a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals.  She is the recipient of the award-winning Anthony Spinazzola Gingerbread Award.