ABOUT US
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As NYC’s only culinary high school, Food and Finance High School provides a unique educational opportunity to students and families in the community.
Students learn the true reward of hard work, dependability and time management from a staff of acclaimed chefs, educators and business leaders that oversee their curriculum, field trips, and internships.
We work to understand its students' barriers of success and develop additional programs to support their needs and dreams.
Preparation for higher-learning and the workforce is key to the ongoing success of our students. NYC comes together at Food and Finance High School to provide a rigorous and rewarding Regents Diploma and culinary curriculum for our students.
We’re more than a school, we are a community that supports our students as they tackle new challenges and reach new heights. We work to inspire and to empower our students.
Our Principal:
Roger Turgeon is a long-time chef turned culinary arts instructor, and he responded to the opportunity to design a small specialty school in the mid-2000’s as part of the Gates-funded New Visions project. In 2004, FFHS opened its doors.
In 2016, Principal Turgeon was the recipient of the prestigious Cahn Fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was one of only 22 Principals nationwide to receive the honor.
Our Assistant Principal:
Michael Bollati
Our Chef Instructors:
9th Grade:
Chef Christopher Burgos - Culinary Exploration
10th Grade:
Chef Billy Doherty - Baking 1
Chef Michael Lynch - Culinary Arts 1
11th Grade:
Chef Jonathan Yung - Baking 2
Chef Geoffrey Tulloch - Culinary Arts 2
Food Education Fund Staff:
Eliza Loehr, Executive Director
Kat Taveras, Program Manager
Chef Vera Kaltinick, After School Programming
Food Education Fund (FEF)
Board of Directors:
Nan Shipley (Chair)
Angie Buonpane
Keith Cohen
Giovanni Colavita
Dana Cowin
Sean Feeney
Rhonda Powell
Debra Puchalla
Questlove
Alexis Rosenzweig
Michael P. Salvatore, III
Claudia Sidoti
Mike Surabian
Steve Tenedios
Rafael Toro
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Industry Advisory Board:
Food Education Fund Junior Board:
Erin Fairbanks (Chair)
Alexandra Moskovitz
Cali Zimmerman
Dana Beninati
George Tenedios
Hallie Meyer
Jonah Miller
Jonathan Moldenhauer
Jordana Kozyreff
Kendra Borowski
Laura Brown
Madison Snider
Sam Shephard
Shelley Golan
Sofia Mendoza
Teishawn Florestal-Kevelier
Victoria Jordan
Jessica McAdaragh
Ola Akinola
Alec Leavitt
Kyle McCullers
Michael Chao
Christopher Weathered
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School Advisory Board:
Frank Costantino Monroe College
Ronnie Eldridge Former City Council Member
Liz Neumark Great Performances
Judith Norell Silver Moon Bakery
Andrew Rigie New York City Hospitality Alliance
Amy Scherber Amy’s Bread
Stephen O’Brien Office of School Food
Susan Stockton
Roger Turgeon Food and Finance High School
Philson Warner Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Stanley Zabar Zabar’s
Carla Hall (Chair)
Danielle Alex
Ted Allen
Sunny Anderson
Mike Anthony
Candy Argondizza
Greg Baxtrom
Justin Bazdarich
Rob Bleifer
Eric Bromberg
Joe Campanale
Joey Campanaro
Josh Capon
August Cardona
Lena Ciardullo
Andrew Carmellini
Treva Chadwell
Esther Choi
Shom Chowdhury
Amanda Cohen
Todd Coleman
Tom Colicchio
Scott Conant
Lawrence Covitt
Suzanne Cupps
Karen DiPeri
John Doherty
Brad Farmerie
Rebecca Flammino
Bobby Flay
Joey Fortunato
Amanda Freitag
Michelle Gauthier
Jacques Gautier
Ingrid Hoffmann
Dan Holzman
Patti Jackson
Chris Jaeckle
Sara Jenkins
Elizabeth Karmel
Dan Kluger
Mark Ladner
Sarabeth Levine
Bobbie Lloyd
Brandon Lynn
Nick Malgieri
Daisy Martinez
Hemant Mathur
Joe Murphy
Marc Murphy
Jason Pfeifer
Ben Pollinger
Joe Quintana
Anthony Ricco
Missy Robbins
Surbhi Sahni
Aaron Sanchez
Chris Santos
Anthony Sasso
Paras Shah
Amy Stevenson
Bill Telepan
Gabe Thompson
Jamie Tiampo
Miguel Trinidad
David Waltuck
Jonathan Waxman
Jessica Weiss
Vicki Wells
Melba Wilson
Stephen Yen
Geoffrey Zakarian
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FOOD EDUCATION FUND
The Food Education Fund (FEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works hand-in-hand with Food & Finance High School (FFHS). Our goal is to prepare and empower our students to continue their education and cultivate personally meaningful careers. The FEF was established with the FFHS in 2004 as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s small schools initiative to ensure that industry partners would always be engaged as stakeholders in the future success of the school.
The school’s partner – Cornell University – runs hydroponic, aquaculture, and aquaponic labs in the building, affording students cutting-edge science education. These labs promote curriculum and discussions around sustainability and food science. With Cornell’s help, we are building a permanent rooftop greenhouse which will not only expand the program (and the amount of food grown), and serve as the model for sustainable food growth in the schools, but will be open to students from other programs as well.