CHEFSClaudine PépinA Cook's Kitchen Claudine is the co-host, with her father Jacques Pépin, of three public television series, two of which have won the James Beard Award, "Jacques Pépin's Kitchen: Cooking With Claudine" and "Jacques Pépin's Kitchen: Encore With Claudine". She has had numerous television appearances, including Cooking Live with Sara Moulton and Good Morning, America. After earning an undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy, and graduate work in international relations, from Boston University, Claudine spent a great deal of time in the wine industry. She worked for two years as the "on-premise" New York Metropolitan Manager for the Artisans & Estates and Kendall-Jackson group of California wineries, while also working with TV Food Network's Live appearing nationally. She then spent two years as the "Brand Ambassador" for Moet & Chandon and Dom Perignon Champagne in New York while also teaching food and wine pairing for both the French Culinary Institute and the Sommelier Society in New York. In 2002 she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Academie Culinaire de France - Filiale des Etas Unis. She and her husband Rolland Wesen, who like her father is also a chef, live in Denver, Colorado, where Claudine is partnered in A Cook's Kitchen, a small hands-on cooking school. |