Scott lived in the Washington DC area where his love for food began in his teens and his mentors were Julia Childs, Jacques Pépin and Jean Louis Palladin.
Scott taught private cooking classes taking his students on tours to restaurants and up-scale food outlets. He also catered in the Washington, DC area for several federal and state officials, and held several positions as Banquet Chef. His work with children’s education began in 1992 when he was an advocate for some of the cable educational initiatives.
Scott moved his family to North Texas in 1996 where he continued his education in ministry, communication and family crisis management. Scott has gone on several missionary journeys around the world and has helped thousands of families as he has traveled to Japan, China, Asia, Philippines and his tapes and materials have gone to India, South America, Africa and Australia. Scott wanted to fundraise for missions and educational programs and had the idea of a cooking program. After having consulted the best in TV and Radio broadcasting, the concept of Chefsville - Kids™ was developed.
1st Class Kids will expand Chef Scott’s influence to reach an international audience through the Internet, TV, radio, DVDs, books, merchandise and speaking tours as well as alliances with key retail outlets.
Chef Scott’s passion for working with children, his well-regarded advice and cooking skills makes him a great host for Chefsville - Kids™. Scott serves as executive director building awareness of 1st Class Kids and its Chefsville Kids brand.
Under Scott’s directorship, 1st Class Kids completed its first set of library and school appearances in 2007. In 2008 demand and focus went towards the classes and workshops. In 2009, camps were added along with three new services, “Kitchen Pirates”, “Honor the Family” and children’s programming for festivals.
Chef Scott conducts on-sight classes with Sprouts Farmers Market and has been a guest chef for Market Street United grocery store in Allen, TX. 1st Class Kids delivers life-skill education to kids through the lens of a chef.
As a chef, Scott has the ability to offer hands-on learning opportunities while demonstrating how cooking relates to the core academic subject of language arts, math, science, and social studies, plus fine arts. Kids love these connections!
Today, Scott sits as a member of the Dallas Coalition for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity, the Healthcare Commission of Collin County and on the program advisory board for Remington College School of Culinary Arts. 1st Class Kids offers service learning opportunities to Remington College students, students of Collin County Community College, Le Cordon Bleu, El Centro, and The Art Institute of Dallas. Additionally, Scott serves on the Gifted and Talented Committee for Plano ISD.
Chef Scott lives in Texas with his wife Sarah and 4 children.
