Tasting Success: Your Guide to Becoming a Professional Chef

Chef Charles M. Carroll, CEC, AAC, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, is Executive Chef at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. He is a premier expert in leadership and team building. Chef Carroll is most recognized for his passion in building great culinary teams. His work with seven United States Culinary Olympic Teams and his leadership as Executive Chef at three prestigious properties over the past twenty-plus years proves his commitment to excellence in this field. He has received over 70 national and international awards, including: Chef of the Year; Chef's Professionalism Award; Educator of the Year; three ACF Presidential Medallions, and is a member of World Champion Culinary Olympic Team. Chef Carroll is also author of Leadership Lessons from a Chef: Finding Time to Be Great, also published by Wiley.