SHARING HIS TALENT
WITH OTHERS.
IN THIS WEEK'S
COMMUNITY
MATTERS REPORT --
KSNT'S REINA
GARCIA TELL US
HOW HE'S INSPIRING
THEM TO PURSUE
CAREERS IN
CULINARY ARTS.
MEET SEAN HALL --
BETTER KNOWN AS
"CHEF" "I've been an
executive chef for over
18,20 years," HIS
TALENTS IN THE
KITCHEN LED HIM TO
UNIMAGINABLE
HEIGHTS "i've fed
dignitaries, presidents
and so forth" BUT--
NOT BEFORE HE HAD
EXPERIENCED SOME
REAL LOWS "I had lost
my way and been in
trouble and had some
hard times in my life that
I brought on myself and
I kind of gave up hope
and I went back to some
of the talents god had
given me" HIS OWN
SUCCESS STORY IS
WHAT INSPIRED HIM
TO HELP OTHERS
ACHIEVE SUCCESS
STORIES OF THEIR
OWN SO -- HE
STARTED THE
HOSPITALITY
INCUBATOR -- ALSO
KNOWN AS THE HIP
PROGRAM.
THROUGH THE
PROGRAM -- HE
TEACHES PEOPLE
CULINARY AND
HOSPITALITY SKILLS
AND PREPS THEM TO
RUN THEIR OWN
KITCHEN ONE DAY
ONE OF THE
PROGRAM'S
GRADUATES BARB
HINKLIN SAYS IT
GAVE HER THE
COURAGE TO
PURSUE HER LOVE
FOR COOKING MORE
SERIOUSLY "I've
known how to cook but I
used to have no
confidence in myself at
all and when I came to
the HIP program, it
builds up your
confidence, your self
esteem" NOW -- SHE
WORKS AS A CHEF
FULL TIME.
"What we've seen
through our graduates
thus far is that we have
students that are now
running kitchens locally
here in Topeka, we have
people that are working
hotels and casinos and
it's just phenomenal to
see that the students
have made" WHETHER
HE'S TRAINING
FUTURE KITCHEN
PROFESSIONALS OR
HELPING PREPARE
MEALS FOR PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY --
FOR "CHEF" IT'S ALL
ABOUT PAYING IT
FORWARD
 THE
PROGRAM'S
CLASSES WERE
SUPPOSED TO START
LAST WEEK -- BUT
WERE CANCELLED
DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS
