Alumni Success

Thriving Amidst Challenges, Alumnus Jimmy Yang Achieved His Dream

September 13th 2024 After enduring hurdles including a forklift accident that caused him chronic pain South Korean-born Jimmy Yang landed his dream job this past year after completing A-B Tech’s Certified Production Technician program.

Asheville Restaurateur Makes Food & Wine's Best New Chefs List 2024

September 13th 2024 Asheville - A celebrated Asheville restaurant continues to shine with diners nationwide.On Sept. 10, Chef Silver Iocovozzi of Neng Jr. was named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2024.

A-B Tech Culinary Arts Graduate Sara Monson Profiled by Edible Asheville

September 12th 2024 Presented by A-B Tech Community CollegeAAS, Culinary Arts (2002)Culinary Arts Teacher, Asheville City Schools

Amber Cameron: Making a Difference One Smile at a Time

July 26th 2024 Becoming a Medical Assistant was Amber Cameron’s Plan B. After applying and being waitlisted to nursing programs, the 35-year-old landed at A-B Tech over a decade ago, thinking she’d use her Medical Assisting certificate as a stepping stone to a nursing career.

Amanda Houdek Goes from A-B Tech to Executive Pastry Chef at The Gasparilla Inn

July 10th 2024 Amanda Houdek — Executive Pastry ChefExecutive Pastry Chef Amanda Houdek was born and raised in Hendersonville, NC.

Speed is his Strong Suit: Chef Roman Nourse Wins National Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition

June 18th 2024 Roman Nourse, a 2023 Culinary Arts graduate, recently defeated seven chefs from around the country to win the title of U.S. Champion in the prestigious culinary competition, the National Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs (JCR ), on June 8 in Seattle.

Built To Scale

November 21st 2023 Training the DragonDrew Shook’s Ten-Foot-Tall Firedrake Inspires “Wonderment”Posted on the Asheville Made website on November 20, 2023 — Written by Lauren Stepp

Noted Asheville Chef Ashley Capps Draws on Foundation and Community from A-B Tech as She Juggles Culinary Venture and Motherhood

October 26th 2023 On a recent September morning at a cozy market nestled in the River Arts District, chef Ashley Capps gives her baby girl a bottle while her husband Chef Travis Shultz brews a fresh pot of coffee.

Sweet On Sour Presented by A-B Tech Community College

September 19th 2023 Jen Currier | AAS: Brewing, Distillation & Fermentation (2015) Words by Brook Bolen | Photos by Nate Burrows ***

Culinary Alchemy, Daniel Gorman | A.A.S., Culinary Arts (2007)

June 21st 2023 Asheville — It’s hard to imagine Daniel Gorman doing anything outside of a kitchen.

A taste of Burma in the 828

June 7th 2022 Published in AVL Today - June 7, 2022, In both WNC and across the Southeast, Burmese food is quite elusive — in fact, based on our research, Asheville’s closest Burmese

Meet ETSU Student (and A-B Tech Grad) Allen Archer

April 12th 2022 After working several years in the field of aerospace quality, Allen Archer decided to take the knowledge he’d learned on the job and combine it with his interest in various areas of health care to pursue a career in medicine.