Mike Selman
Mike Selman joined the Culinaria team in the spring of 2011.
I’m a transplanted New Yorker, who came to the DC area to attend American University. After a brief, but unspectacular career in radio, I began working as a recruiter. I have owned my own boutique recruiting firm for 45 years and am a nationally known executive recruiter. My wife Norma and I have two sons and have welcomed two daughters in law and four amazing grandsons to our family.
My love affair with food and cooking dates back to childhood. I learned basic survival culinary skills by trial and error in college…not always successfully. My passion and expertise developed as I cooked for family and friends and had done private catering for almost twenty years.
I was a teaching assistant for nine years at L’Academie de Cuisine and graduated from their Fundamental Culinary Techniques program in 2005.
My true passion is the combination of food and teaching. I strongly emphasize learning basic techniques and that recipes are merely a guide to culinary creativity – you will often hear me say “Watch what I’m doing and listen to what I am saying, read the recipe at home.”
My food is often inspired by what is fresh seasonally and influenced by the culinary flavors of the Mediterranean region. My approach to teaching is low keyed and uncomplicated. The only thing I enjoy more than food and cooking is sharing my passion in teaching others how to cook.
I look forward to seeing you in one of my classes. For more information, check out my website at www.chefselman.com.
Mike Selman joined the Culinaria team in the spring of 2011.
I’m a transplanted New Yorker, who came to the DC area to attend American University. After a brief, but unspectacular career in radio, I began working as a recruiter. I have owned my own boutique recruiting firm for 45 years and am a nationally known executive recruiter. My wife Norma and I have two sons and have welcomed two daughters in law and four amazing grandsons to our family.
My love affair with food and cooking dates back to childhood. I learned basic survival culinary skills by trial and error in college…not always successfully. My passion and expertise developed as I cooked for family and friends and had done private catering for almost twenty years.
I was a teaching assistant for nine years at L’Academie de Cuisine and graduated from their Fundamental Culinary Techniques program in 2005.
My true passion is the combination of food and teaching. I strongly emphasize learning basic techniques and that recipes are merely a guide to culinary creativity – you will often hear me say “Watch what I’m doing and listen to what I am saying, read the recipe at home.”
My food is often inspired by what is fresh seasonally and influenced by the culinary flavors of the Mediterranean region. My approach to teaching is low keyed and uncomplicated. The only thing I enjoy more than food and cooking is sharing my passion in teaching others how to cook.
I look forward to seeing you in one of my classes. For more information, check out my website at www.chefselman.com.