Paul Sorgule is a seasoned chef, culinary educator, and restaurant industry consultant with more than fifty years engaged in those fields. He held positions as Executive Chef, Food and Beverage Director, and Educator, as well as Dean of Culinary Arts and Vice President of Education at two prominent colleges. He is a multi-award-winning chef including gold medal winner at the Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany as a member of the 1988 New England Culinary Team. In 2001, the American Culinary Federation recognized him as the National Culinary Educator of the Year and in 2008 he was invited to cook at the James Beard House with his team from the four-diamond Mirror Lake Inn Resort. As a consultant, Sorgule has worked with culinary schools, private restaurants and resorts and a variety of food commodity boards from coast to coast. His industry blog: Harvest America Cues enjoys over two million views and CAFÉ Talks Podcast that he hosts (The Center for Advancement of Foodservice Education) is highly regarded by those in the field of culinary education.
His previous novel: The Event That Changed Everything was released in 2015.
Chef Sorgule earned a master’s degree in Hospitality and Service Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He lives in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State with his wife of fifty years and enjoys the success of their three children and time spent with their six incredible grandchildren. They enjoy an occasional meal at the Left Bank Café, a piece of pie from Noon Mark Diner, and hope that Adirondack wilderness life never changes.
