During my BA studies, I actively sought a way to get my foot in the door at a company where I can learn new, office skills. I was picked out of a large candidate pool to do marketing research for Belvedere Appartements in August of 2011. The research focused on the Russian-speaking tourism market. The […]
After one year of study at San Francisco State University, I felt uneasy about paying such high tuition. A family friend of mine shared some information about a business school in Vienna, Austria. After looking into it, I made the fateful decision to move to Europe and pursue my studies at Lauder Business School. I
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In July of 2007, due to a knee injury and subsequent surgery, I decided to focus on finishing college. I came back to California and after attending a few more classes at Diablo Valley College, I collected enough credits to transfer to San Francisco State University in the Fall of 2007, where I majored in
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In January 2006, I moved to New York to pursue my dreams of experiencing more. I soon started to work at SOHO House, an exclusive Restaurant/Private Club in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. After some time I was offered a position as Head Chef in a Brooklyn restaurant, which I accepted with enthusiasm. At 24, I was
I started my culinary career in March 2003 after graduating culinary school. I worked at the Hilton training in different departments. Naturally my first tasks were dishwasher, then salad preparation, then cold appetizers, hot appetizers, until I moved up the line. Afterwards, I worked in some of the best restaurants and hotels in California like
After DVC, I enrolled at the California Culinary Academy where I studied full-time for about 1.5 years. I was the president and founder of the school’s Wine Club and was the student body treasurer.
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My first experience at Diablo Valley College (DVC) was in 1999, when I as a High School student, was allowed to study a foreign language that wasn’t offered in my school. Hence, I studied Russian at college level while still in High School. After High School graduation, I worked at different sales jobs and got
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I started High School in San Francisco, I attended Washington High School. After one year, my family moved 50 KM east to Walnut Creek, where I attended Las Lomas High School and graduated in July 2000.
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