In today’s episode, we speak with our guest Dr. Rollie Wesen, Executive Director of The Jacques Pépin Foundation and an assistant professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. In 2016, Rollie founded The Jacques Pépin Foundation alongside his wife and father-in-law, Jacques Pépin. In the interview, Rollie shares how the foundation is dedicated to using community kitchens to train individuals who face high barriers to finding employment in the culinary world. Listen as Rollie talks about how cooking is like learning a “foreign language” and how adults today can reclaim their lives with fundamental culinary skills. You can listen to and find any resources mentioned in this podcast on our official page: https://www.escoffier.edu/podcast/110-dr-rollie-wesen-jacques-pepin-foundation —About Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts— ⭐️RANKED #1 CULINARY SCHOOL IN THE WORLD* ⭐️100% ONLINE WITH HANDS-ON INDUSTRY EXTERNSHIP ⭐️LARGEST CULINARY SCHOOL BRAND IN THE USA** Listen and subscribe to The Ultimate Dish on: ► Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gS2ZYF ► Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qfU33M ► Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3xF4h0c ► Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3gSyt0S Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - A Gala Affair 07:05 - A Tale of Two Terrines 09:50 - The Language of Cooking 14:00 - A Cooking Journey 17:40 - Teaching and Learning 22:43 - A Win-Win-Win Strategy 27:37 - Filling Vacancies with People who Want to Work 31:00 - How to Leave a Legacy 34:20 - We're All Teachers 37:23 - Educating to Make the World Better 45:48 - Up-Skilling is Continuous Learning 49:12 - Travel: Food for the Soul 53:20 - Stories of His Daughter 55:35 - Dr. Rollie Wesen's Ultimate Dish 58:34 - What Jacques Pepin does with Chicken Bones *Chef’s Pencil **Based on comparable student population data for Austin and Boulder as reported in Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)