Friday, September 25, 2009

CHIC pastry instructor earns CMB designation

Nancy Carey, a baking and pastry instructor at The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC), was granted the Certified Master Baker designation by the Retail Bakers of America (RBA). This is the highest level of baking certification.

Carey has been an instructor at CHIC since 2002. Before that, she founded and developed Red Hen Bread, a wholesale and retail artisan bakery in Chicago. In order to earn the designation, Carey worked a minimum of eight years in the industry and passed several written and practical tests and participated in seminars.