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Culinary Arts
Student Submission
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Culinary Artist, Culinary Instructor
James Hemings
1719-1818
1. Learned how to make fries, whipped cream, ice cream, and mac n cheese when Thomas Jefferson brought them to America.
2. First American to be trained as a French chef.
3. Rejected an offer to work as a chef for Thomas Jefferson in the White House.
1. Learned how to make fries, whipped cream, mac N' cheese, and ice cream when it was brought to America by Thomas Jefferson.
2. First American to be trained as a French chef.
3. Rejected an offer to work as a chef for Thomas Jefferson in the White House.
4. Since he was a French Chef, he brought European versions of foods including creme brulee, French whipped cream, meringues, ice cream, and mac n' cheese.
5. Cooked one of the most famous dishes in American History.
6. Cooked a meal between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
7. Was a slave for Thomas Jefferson by inheritance at 8 years old.
8. Freed from slavery in 1796 by Thomas Jefferson.
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