Teacher Spotlight: Chef Tuesday Eastlack

Posted on Feb 18, 2012 | 1 comment

Chef Tuesday Eastlack is Culinary Instructor at NWACC and will be teaching a “Cooking in Season” class at Dig In! 2012 to help up learn how to use garden or farmers market fresh produce in the kitchen.  (Check out our schedule for all the class offerings.) We are delighted to see what delicious ideas Chef Tuesday will share.

Chef Tuesday Eastlack Culinary Instructor, GM Ginnie’s Cafe: For 25 years Chef Tuesday worked as an executive chef. Her celebrated career has been featured in the NY Times, Ford Times Magazine, Arkansas Times, Arkansas Business Journal, and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, as well as several TV and radio interviews. During this time, she cooked for many celebrities and heads of state including the King of Thailand and President George H. Bush.

She began the transition to teaching part time in 2000 at Fayetteville High while developing food service operations for University of Arkansas Athletics. In 2009 her students won the Arkansas ProStart competition and appeared in Guy Fieri’s “Top of the Class” on the Food Network Channel. Chef Tuesday currently teaches at NorthWest Arkansas Community College and manages the student run cafe.

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  1. Sylvia Geddes - February 28, 2012

    Hey Tuesday. Great article and photo. I didn’t know how famous you are! Cooking for such prestigious folks and all! You go girl! Hope to run into you one of these days for a delicious hug! I adore and admire you! Sylvia