I love the cooking for people because I love
to make them happy.
My name is Behnam Alimirzaei.
Everybody calls me Ben.
I came to America three years ago, and I'm
studying food service management at HCC, Holyoke
Community College.
You do everything in the kitchen, you get
a lot of experience, develop your skills.
A lot of fun, a lot of fun.
Learning every day something new.
One of the reasons that I came to HCC is the
people are really helpful here and they help
you to achieve your goals.
There is a lot of opportunity after I get
– graduate from here.
After HCC, I want to go to Johnson & Wales
University or a good university like UMass
or Culinary Institute of America.
You have a lot of opportunity in the market
and you can get a good job.
My goal, my five-year goal, is opening my
own business actually.
I love to make something exciting, you know,
spending my time in the kitchen and make something
exciting, you know?
Something beautiful and delicious.
And I'm learning every day something new about
managing and how to communicate with people,
how to run the restaurant from scratch.
I love everything about this program so far.
This is really good.
I really like it.
I love to be in this college every day, and
I really get something new every day here.
Really good for me.
