Georgeann Leaming
Culinary Consultant, Culinary Adjunct Instructor
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Chef Georgeann Leaming was working as a preschool teacher and pregnant with her daughter Kirsten, when she decided to take a risk by enrolling at the Academy of Culinary Arts to pursue her childhood fascination of cooking and food.
Georgeann splits her time between restaurant consulting, culinary instructing at her alma mater, The Academy of Culinary Arts as well as presenting personal online cooking classes. Most recently, she was the Culinary Director at Foodiehall, a new 4,000 square foot take out & delivery only restaurant, which currently houses seven restaurant concepts, all of which Georgeann created. Leading up into the pandemic, she was the chef de cuisine of R2L Restaurant in Philly. Before R2L, she had a successful run as the executive chef of Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill and then as the opening executive chef of Gordon Ramsay Steak.
Georgeann draws inspiration from each of the variety of kitchens she has been in and continues learning, growing and finding new food experiences as well as sharing her knowledge and love of the culinary field through adjunct teaching at her culinary alma mater. She believes that it is part of our calling to provide nourishment for those in need and has done so throughout her career by the donation of time, food, or money when possible. One of the things that attracted her to the position at Foodiehall is their Meal4meal program, a monthly initiative that donates thousands of meals to Feeding America.