The Chopping Block
Sara Salzinski is an experienced culinary professional with a strong background in curriculum development and teaching. Since 2002, Sara has been with The Chopping Block, where responsibilities include designing and implementing a comprehensive curriculum as a Curriculum Developer, along with teaching core cooking techniques as a Chef Instructor. Prior to this role, Sara served as a Line Cook at Blackbird Restaurant from 2000 to 2002, mastering various kitchen stations in a high-volume environment. Additionally, between 1998 and 2000, Sara worked as an Executive Sous Chef at Ambria Restaurant, leading kitchen staff to ensure high food quality and collaborating on recipes and menus. Educationally, Sara holds an Associate's Degree in Applied Science, Culinary Arts and Related Services from Kendall College.
The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block, Chicago’s largest recreational cooking school and gourmet retail store, offers guests a large slate of demonstration and hands-on classes, as well as wine classes, private cooking parties and corporate team building events. Classes at the two locations cover cooking skills and techniques as well as seasonal, ethnic, healthy, vegetarian and weeknight cooking. A series of "boot camp" classes allows students to take cooking to the next level with an intensive week-long taste of professional culinary school style instruction. The Chopping Block’s retail stores feature professional-quality cookware and kitchen tools, plus an array of gourmet and ethnic ingredients and hand-selected food-friendly wines.