Sometimes what feels like the biggest loss is actually God redirecting you toward something greater. I poured everything into opening my restaurant only to face a near-death experience that forced me to walk away from it all. But what I didn’t realize then was that closing one door would open another. Now I get to use everything I’ve learned over the past 30 years from culinary school to teaching, managing, and working hands on in this industry to help other business owners build and grow theirs