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Aisy Hilgeman

Aisy Hilgeman

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Aisy's work combines: Food, Entrepreneurship, and Helping People

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Day In The Life

Head Chef

I create new masterpieces of food

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Mater Dei Catholic High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Culinary Science/Culinology

    Culinary Institute of America

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

    University of San Diego

  • Graduate Degree

    Business/Managerial Economics

    University of San Diego

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Chefs and Head Cooks:

High School

Bachelor's Degree: Culinary Science/Culinology

Bachelor's Degree: Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

Graduate Degree: Business/Managerial Economics

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Life & Career Milestones

I've taken a lot of twists and turns

  • 1.

    Graduated high school

  • 2.

    Tried to go to a culinary college

  • 3.

    Got accepted at The Culinary Institute of America

  • 4.

    I studied culinary arts and sciences

  • 5.

    Enrolled at University of San Diego for Business Degree

  • 6.

    Studied commercial and business management

  • 7.

    Graduated from this

  • 8.

    Went on to open up my own bakery/restaurant

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Myself:

    "You will never make enough money to support yourself, much less support others"

  • How I responded:

    Believe in yourself, honestly, as cliche as that sounds. If you don't believe that you can do anything, then you will have this negativity surrounding you and what you do. Then, you might not ever get to do what you wanted to do. Take that risk, or else you could live the rest of your life asking yourself if you could have made it, or not.