{"id":2,"date":"2009-12-08T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T22:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-10-17T06:21:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T13:21:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Candra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"about-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"about\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/cwc\/images\/candra.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Candra\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>A unique approach to cooking and teaching, a lifetime in the making.<\/h2>\n<p>Getting to the launch of Cooking with Candra wasn\u2019t a walk in the park. It is the culmination of my experiences as a chef, a teacher, a mother and a wife that has taught me the lessons I hope to pass on.<\/p>\n<p>My work in food service started early in my teen years. Working a variety of front and back of the house positions in a number of different restaurants allowed me to learn a lot about the food service industry.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the things you have seen in television and movies, concerning work in professional kitchens is true. It\u2019s hot, it\u2019s hard, it\u2019s physically demanding, and there are a lot of \u201cbig egos\u201d to contend with.  As far as the money goes\u2026\u2026.all I can say is\u2026\u2026\u201dYou better love what you are doing\u201d. Your passion for the work will help you make it through those tougher times.<\/p>\n<p>I have spent a lifetime working in food service and I wouldn\u2019t change a thing. I have not enjoyed every moment, that\u2019s for sure, but I have faced every challenge with courage and learned from my mistakes. This attitude has helped me reach the top of my trade and become a successful Chef.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, I have been following another passion of mine and using my spare time to become an adult educator. I love to teach. Playing even the smallest part in another person\u2019s  journey to reach their full potential gives me such great pleasure. It is a very rewarding career.<\/p>\n<p>My greatest reward in this life, is my family. I have been truly blessed and I can not thank them enough for their continued love, patience, understanding and support. I would not be the person I am today without them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique approach to cooking and teaching, a lifetime in the making. Getting to the launch of Cooking with Candra wasn\u2019t a walk in the park. It is the culmination of my experiences as a chef, a teacher, a mother and a wife that has taught me the lessons I hope to pass on. My [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}