In this episode, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks to Chef Stephanie Michalak White, Plant-Based Programs Lead Chef Instructor at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. Chef Stephanie talks how she came to be teaching plant-based cooking techniques and shares some of her favorite tips.

This episode covers:

• How Chef Stephanie developed an early interest in cooking.
• The way her focus on plant-based eating and cooking developed.
• Tips for eating local plant-based meals in the winter time.
• Suggestions for how carnivores can incorporate more plant-based food in their diets.
• Ways to adapt classic sauces and cooking techniques to plant-based diet.
• The various plant-based programs at the Escoffier Culinary Institute, and how the program can be helpful to people at various points in their culinary careers.