Transforming Lives Through Culinary Training: Dr. Rollie Wesen and The Jacques Pépin Foundation

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.
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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
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