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ABOUT CHEF ERIC
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Eric Jacques Crowley
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CHEF ERIC JACQUES CROWLEY
Chef Eric's mother is a gourmet cook so it is no surprise that he followed in her footsteps and has been a
Professional Chef for twelve years, a Professional Chef Instructor for eleven years and the Owner and Primary
Chef Instructor at the Culinary Classroom for 5 wonderful years. CHEF ERIC graduated, with honors, from the
esteemed Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. European-trained, he worked with Chef José
Munisa at Via Veneto, Barcelona's longest-running 5 Star Restaurant, as well as with Chef Joseph Russwürm
at Munich's Hotel Kempinski, another 5 Star establishment. His training in Europe rounded out his culinary
education and enabled him to take his cooking and palate to a higher level of sophistication.
Back in the United States, CHEF ERIC worked with Patina Catering-of the famed Patina Restaurant Groupsupervising
corporate and personal events from an intimate 4-person lunch or dinner to a boisterous crowd of
2,000 for lunch, dinner or appetizers. He has cooked meals for presidential candidates, vice presidents, show
business executives, celebrities and numerous personal clients. He has also prepared elaborate private
dinners and specialty meals for country club and consulate guests.
Chef Eric's Chef Demonstrations include Vacation Fest in Santa Monica with Chef Mario Martinoli, The Taste
of Santa Monica, The Great Tastes of Brentwood, Bloomingdales Department Store in Century City, and
Surfas Restaurant Supply in Culver City. He has appeared on KCRW with Evan Kleiman of Good Food Live
and on KFI with Mario Martinoli of The Mario Martinoli Show.
Chef Eric has hosted several television shows at the Culinary Classroom including Good Day LA, as they
joined us LIVE to see our Children's Culinary Academies/Summer Cooking Camps in action, E!Entertainment
and Your LA on Channel 4 as they showcased our very popular Couples Romantic Cooking parties, the
Associated Press as they highlighted our Children's Summer Culinary Camps, Blind Date as they prepared
an elegant meal, BET's version of Blind Date where they decorated cakes, and For Better of For Worse as
friends of the groom prepared a wedding cake. He has also appeared as a Guest Chef on CitiCable 3's
Community Cooking Television in Torrance. He and Chef Eric's Culinary Classroom have been featured on
SoCal.com and LA's The Place - Los Angeles Magazine at lastheplace.com. He has been written up in the
Los Angeles Business Journal, The Orange County Register, the Beverly Press News, and his children's
summer programs were written up in Valley Scene Magazine.
In addition to donating thousands of dollars worth of Cooking Classes each year to various Los Angeles
schools and charities, Chef Eric is a C-Cap Program Judge and Scholarship Sponsor for the Los Angeles
Unified School District (Career Through the Culinary Arts). He is also a Mentor for the Culinary Institute of
America (CIA), supporting interns with their requirements to attend the CIA and hosting open houses for
potential CIA students.
Since 1999, CHEF ERIC has taught professional and recreational cooking classes to thousands of students;
first at a Los Angeles-based cooking school and since founding the CULINARY CLASSROOM in 2003. Many
of his past students are successful Restaurant Owners, Chefs, Caterers, Personal Chefs and Home Chefs.
His cooking, catering, and teaching career is studded with accolades from students, clients, and employers.
His love of gourmet food, cooking, and teaching is apparent. Come take a class with him!
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