Mission Statement 

About Me:

• My name is Elijah Edwards, native of the upstate of South Carolina.  I have worked the food industry for 20 years, with 3 of those years at Greenville Technical Culinary Institute of the Carolina's.  When I went from industry to education, I fell in love with how rewarding it was to teach someone how to cook, and the happiness it brought to the student when something just made sense.  I graduated from the Culinary Institute of Charleston, where I was given the opportunity to work with a highly acclaimed chef for three years following him from Peninsula Grill to catering and opening a fine dining establishment.  When I moved back to the upstate, I found myself catering and helping open yet another restaurant with a successful restaurateur.  From there, I saw that I was striving for even more from food, and I decided that teaching others was my official calling.  After my three years working at Greenville Tech's culinary school as a teacher's assistant and adjunct instructor, I was recommended for the position here at Golden Strip and took it with much excitement.  I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge and love for food with students, and will do everything in my power to set them on their way to a successful career in Culinary Arts!