Culinary Instructor Receives Service Award

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11.05.2009 --

Update: WeLoveDC blog covers the awards ceremony - Women Chefs in DC Area Win in a Landslide

On Sunday, the national conference of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs honored DC Central Kitchen’s Culinary Arts Coordinator Linda Vogler with the Women Who Inspire Community Service Award. The award is presented to a chef who has made a difference in the lives of others through her career in the Culinary Arts.

In her career, Linda Vogler has helped over 500 men and women get a second chance in life through the culinary arts.  With a Bachelor of Arts in English, Linda taught school for 13 years.  In 1985, after receiving an associate degree in culinary arts, Linda started a catering business in Myrtle Beach and worked in resort dining.  After returning to her hometown of Charlotte, NC, to raise her daughter, Linda worked at Presbyterian Hospital as catering supervisor, then executive chef.  In 1998, Linda founded a culinary arts non-profit job training program.  In 2006, Linda returned to Myrtle Beach to direct the city’s Community Kitchen, a feeding program for the homeless.  Later that year Linda accepted a position as Culinary Arts Coordinator of the DC Central Kitchen.  Throughout her career, she has been the recipient of numerous culinary and humanitarian awards while producing several publication and videos.

All of us here at DC Central Kitchen are so proud of Linda, and of all the great women chefs whose partnerships make our programs possible.