Street Cred
February 5, 2010 2 Comments
If I just must, here it is: My name is Jane A. Nickles and I have been a full-time wine educator/culinary educator/academic director for culinary colleges for over 15 years. Previously, I was a food and beverage director and executive chef for a large hotel chain.
I am/have/like to talk about my/am embarrassed by my:
M.B.A., California State University
B.A., University of California at Berkeley
Certified Spirits Educator (Society of Wine Educators)
Certified Wine Educator (Society of Wine Educators)
2012 Banfi Award Winner – Society of Wine Educators
2009 Winner – Professional Wine Writers Competition – WOSA (Wines of South Africa)
Currently the Director of Education for the Society of Wine Educators
14 Years Full-time Chef Instructor and Wine Educator at Le Cordon Bleu College – Austin
6 Years Food and Beverage Director (Bristol Hotels and Resorts)
Published Author (Textbooks, Journals, Web)
Educator of the Year – Career Education Corporation – 2007
Educator of the Year – Career Education Corporation -2009
The “Ultimate Culinary Educator” – Food Educator’s Learning Conference – 2009
Number One Rated Conference Speaker – 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Wine Educators (Washington, DC)
Conference Sessions led, Classes given – literally too many to count!
Bored Yet?
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Hi Miss Jane –
It’t about time you got a blog! We’ve all been begging for years!
You should tell the world your “real” theme…”It’s Miss Jane’s World…We just drink in it!”
Good Luck –
Steve C.
Thank you Miss Jane for letting me read your blog! You are such a wonderful teacher and I am so grateful for every day I am in your class. I admire you as an instrucor and as an individual and I hope to one day, be just like you. Thank you for being so awesome!