Kareen "Coco" Linton

Experience

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  Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Orlando

  Feb 2013 - Apr 2014

  Chef Presenter/Community Relations

  Performs cooking presentations at the LCB campus and high schools throughout the state of Florida. Instructs a culinary class for high school students. Liaison for culinary programs such as; the National Restaurant Association's ProStart, ACF, SkillsUSA and FCCLA.

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  Food Truck Wars, Judge

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  Culinary Judge
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  Orange County Culinary High School Competition, Judge

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

  Culinary Judge
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  Food Truck Wars

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2014

  Culinary Judge
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  Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Atlanta

  Apr 2014 - May 2016

  Career Advisor to the students, Public relations liaison, ACF Ambassador. Creates & produces monthly demo presentations entitle "Let Food Be Your Vehicle! " featuring Le Cordon Bleu Alumni, guest chefs.

  • Chef Educator, ACF Ambassador & Culinary Judge

    Oct 2014 - May 2016

  • Chef, Career Services Advisor, ACF Ambassador

    Apr 2014 - Oct 2014
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  ACF, Atlanta Chefs Association

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

  Member Board of Directors
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  ACF Atlanta Chefs Association, Marketing Committee

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Chairperson
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  The Linton Group LLC

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

  Founder/CEO/Executive Chef
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  ACF. Atlanta Chefs Association

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

  2nd Vice President
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  Georgia Fccla

  Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

  Georgia FCCLA Region Culinary Arts Competition Coordinator 2017
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  Delta Career Education Corporation

  Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

  Campus Director of Career Services
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  Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

  Jun 2018 - now

  Chef Educator
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  A Dash Of Coco LLC

  Oct 2018 - now

  Travel, Food, Fashion, Lifestyle! The link for the book: https://www.amazon.com/author/kareen_coco_linton

  • International Speaker

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Author: https://www.amazon.com/author/kareen_coco_linton

    Oct 2018 - now
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  TrueCore Behavioral Solutions

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

  Community Advisory Board Member
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  GLEAM Network

  Mar 2022 - now

  Mentor

  Chef, Culinary Educator, Author, International Speaker

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  A Dash of Coco LLC.

  May 2022 - now

  Founder | CEO | Author

  Turn Your Sours Into Sweet! By Kareen Coco Linton