UAA Culinary Arts

08/31/2026

Come take a class with Chef Travis Haugen from Southside Bistro! We are so excited to welcome him to the UAA Culinary Arts team. 🔪

08/27/2026

This is a taste of what it’s like to work here; I wander around peering into ovens and wondering where the freshly baked cookies are.

08/26/2026

Knife skills = life skills. Chef Noah’s students are learning how to make mirepoix as a delicious foundational base for stocks, soups, sauces, and much more. Come chop it up with us this week as we follow our Skills Development and Beginning Baking students in the labs.

08/26/2026

We’re back! We have some new faces on our faculty and staff - stay tuned for introductions and updates on what the students are up to for the first week of class. Cheers to a fresh academic year!

07/16/2026

06/17/2026

05/10/2026

Student Spotlight Saturday🤩
Starting off a new tradition to recognize the students who bring passion, skill, and creativity to our culinary program each day! This week Bryce Glidden is our student spotlight, she is someone her classmates can always count on, and she brings great energy to the kitchen! Go Bryce!

05/06/2026

Zeynep .alaska was kind enough to invite me to experience what is now my new breakfast obsession, a gorgeously prepared Turkish family-style spread. There was a basket of assorted freshly baked breads (the börek was my favorite), many little dishes of spreads, condiments, and little surprises (like a Turkish candied eggplant!), and impeccably cooked eggs - the poached eggs with garlic yogurt is a standout. Besides being perfect for sharing, which is my favorite way to dine, this food also comes with personal and cultural narrative. Pre-restaurants, Zeynep was a profesor of sociology at UAA and I love hearing her talk about everything from sourcing hard-to-find ingredients to differences in pronunciation to the provenance of certain dishes. It’s a privilege to be able to sit at a table like this and I’m already trying to wrangle an invite to Zeynep’s next trip to Turkey.

05/03/2026

Congratulations to our very own Chef Kellie Puff and Director of Academic Advising Whitney Flores! These two rockstars received their Masters of Science in Project Management today and we couldn’t be prouder. 👏🏽🎉🥳🍾