Eliada Homes
David Myers is an experienced culinary professional with a diverse background in restaurant consulting, culinary education, and kitchen management. As the Chef/Owner of Laughing Peacock Culinary Services since 2016, David offers restaurant consulting, private chef services, culinary classes, catering, and dietary directive cooking. In addition, David has served as an ESTA Culinary Instructor at Eliada Homes since July 2015, where curricula for a culinary certificate program were developed for young adults transitioning to independent living. Previous roles include line cook at Table Asheville, adjunct instructor at A-B Tech Community College, sous chef at M3M3N70/The Factory, and chef instructor at Austin Community College. An executive sous chef at Contigo Austin, David managed all back-of-house operations. David holds an Associate's degree in Culinary Arts from The Culinary Institute of America.
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Eliada Homes
Eliada was founded in 1903 by Rev. Lucius Compton as a home for unwed mothers. Often these women would implore him to keep their children and raise them. By 1906, he realized that to make a real difference in the cycle of poverty, he had to start with the children. Dr. Compton founded Eliada to serve the children he called “the least, last, and lost.” For many years, Eliada was a self-sufficient farm, growing food and raising cows for the Biltmore Dairy operation. As the times changed, so did Eliada. While no longer an orphanage, today Eliada cares for more than 600 of WNC's most vulnerable children and youth. Eliada by the Numbers • 114 years • 50 children living on campus • 60 children living in foster homes • 315 children in early education and afterschool • 320 acre campus • 240 staff • $10 million budget • 11 horses, 1 llama, 2 goats, 3 pigs, various barn cats RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT Children live at Eliada while healing from trauma. FAMILY FOSTER CARE & THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE Children are cared for by an Eliada Foster Family while awaiting adoption or reunification with biological family. DAY TREATMENT Children attend school at Eliada instead of public school to better meet their special learning needs. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Older teens who’ve spent their lives in foster care gain work skills while learning to be self-sufficient adults. EARLY LEARNING Children in the community learn and grow in our five-star Child Development Center, 21st Century Community Learning Center afterschool program, and NC Pre-K program.