CCSF Culinary Arts & Hospitality Studies

We celebrate the passion, dedication, and hard work of our graduating culinary and hospitality students 👩‍🍳🎓✨

From mastering techniques in the kitchen to creating unforgettable dishes, this class has shown creativity, resilience, and heart every step of the way. We are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished and cannot wait to see where their culinary journeys take them next.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! The future of the culinary industry is bright!

As we celebrate Betsy and the incredible impact she’s made on our culinary community, we’d love to hear from the students, grads, friends, and colleagues whose lives she’s touched along the way.

From unforgettable pop-ups to graduation milestones, Chef Betsy has helped shape so many memories inside and outside the kitchen. Congratulations on your retirement, Chef!

If you have a favorite memory, lesson, photo, or message for Betsy, please share it in the comments below. 👩‍🍳✨

And be sure to read the beautiful feature by The Guardsman highlighting her final semester at CCSF:
https://www.theguardsman.com/at-ccsfs-downtown-center-a-pastry-class-savors-its-last-semester/


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Last 📸: Abby Sigler

Thank you for the feature !

Culinary Clash 2026 Recap- Night 3 🍽️

Presenting this year’s winning 3-course menu—where every dish tells a story:

Starter
Chicken Liver Mousse with tempura maitake, cara cara orange & fennel

Entrée
Smoked Black Cod with heirloom yellow eye bean ragout & epazote oil

Dessert
Le QuisQuis — a decadent chocolate dream layered with mousse, espresso crumble & berries.

Congratulations to Quis and Jake!

Culinary Clash 2026 Recap- Night 2 🍽️

Sonal and Logan showcased creativity and skill with every detail from concept to plating.

The featured menu highlights crispy samosa croquettes, a richly spiced tandoori lamb loin, and a sweet, aromatic gajjar halwa to close.

Great work, Team 2!

Culinary Clash 2026 Recap- Night 1 🍽️

From concept to execution—this is what Culinary Clash is all about.

As a student-run restaurant experience, Culinary Clash challenges teams to develop a cohesive brand, craft a multi-course menu, and deliver a seamless dining service to live guests.

This team’s menu reflected a clear, intentional vision:
✨ Hamachi Ceviche with calamansi coconut leche de tigre and kinilaw-inspired elements
✨ Pan-Seared Marinated Duck with yucca-parsnip purée and aji amarillo duck jus
✨ Kabocha Flan with kumquat, hazelnuts, kiwi, and salted shortbread crumble

Each course was designed not only for flavor, but for balance, presentation, and overall concept alignment—bringing a refined, globally inspired narrative to the table.

Great work, Team 1, Maliah and Ed!

We’re honored to be featured on SFGATE! 🍽️✨

At Chef’s Table, every service is more than a meal—it’s a hands-on classroom experience led by the talented students and staff of our Culinary Arts & Hospitality Studies program. From sourcing organic, local ingredients to crafting each dish with care, this is where learning meets the table.

Join us for a unique dine-in experience:
🕰️ Mon–Thurs | 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
📞 Reservations highly encouraged: 415-239-3855

*Spring 2026 Service Dates: Jan 27–May 14, 2026

**April 2026 Closures: Apr 6 (Student Training), Apr 16 & 22 (Private Events)

***The Chef’s Table is completely booked with large events this semester. We thank you for your support!

Come support the next generation of culinary professionals. We can’t wait to serve you!

And the winner of this year’s Culinary Clash is…🥁

Quis White and Jake McCambridge!!!

2nd place : Maliah Chin and Ed Castorena

3rd place: Sonal Ruparel and Logan McGovern

Congratulations to all teams on another successful Clash! Your passion, creativity, and dedication was displayed through in every dish you presented. We couldn’t be prouder of the talent, hard work, and resilience you’ve shown throughout this journey.

This is just the beginning and your future in the culinary world looks incredibly bright. Keep experimenting, keep learning, and keep inspiring. The industry is lucky to have such promising chefs ready to make their mark!

Special thanks to the CAHS, the staff, and Chef Norma for guiding these chefs throughout the process.

One of our chef instructors, Chef MacKenzie, will be judging this event, and one of our alumni, Dayana Pérez, is a contestant. Check it out tomorrow ⤵️

✨MY TACO, MY CHOICE ✨

On Tuesday, March 17, 2026 from 5PM-8:30PM, I’m teaming up with and other talented chefs to make tacos for a great cause.

📍Merkado
130 Townsend Street
San Francisco, CA

What are we doing?
Various women chefs from The Bay Area with one assignment: reinterpret that great American immigrant - the taco - however they see fit. Any cuisine. Any influence. Their taco, their rules. All tacos will be judged by a panel of chefs.

Event hosted by the one and only

$50 advance (Resy) / $55 at the door
Your ticket gets you:
• One taco from each competing chef
• Dessert from

All ticket sales + a portion of bar sales go directly to Reproductive Freedom For AII CA &
Come hungry. Leave inspired!

Culinary Clash 2026 tickets are now available!

The Culinary Clash is a 15-year partnership between CCSF's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies department and the SF Intercontinental Hotel.

Three teams of CCSF Culinary students will take over the hotel kitchen (March 1st, 8th, and 15th) to present their own original fine dining menus, with the guidance and support of Chef Norma Whitt, IHG Director of F&B. Each pair of students is competing for scholarships, cash prizes, and culinary glory!

Tickets can be purchased through OpenTable, at the BISTRO 888 link (see link on comments). Scroll down for the Clash Dinner Experiences - click on RESERVE to view each menu.

Thank you for your support and we can't wait to see you there!