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Roberta L. Dowling, CCP
President, Founder, and Executive Chef of the Cambridge
School of Culinary Arts
Roberta's cooking career is extensive.
She began teaching for Madeleine Kamman at Modern Gourmet during
its first year of operation (l968-l969). While with Ms. Kamman,
she received both the Teaching and Professional Chef's Diplomas,
taught non-professional classes and the Professional Chef's
Program, and was named the Senior Teacher of Italian Cuisine.
After leaving Modern Gourmet in l974, she opened her own cooking
school (CSCA) and catering business (DeGustibus Catering).
In
l976 she traveled to Bologna and Venice where she studied with
and received diplomas from Marcella Hazan, author of The
Classic Italian Cookbook; Richard Olney, considered as the
master of French Provincial Cuisine; and Julie Dannenbaum,
founder of one of the largest cooking schools in the United
States.
Roberta
has taught French, Italian, and European cuisine to professional
chefs and restaurateurs throughout the United States. Her
extensive memberships include The American Culinary Federation,
The International Association of Culinary Professionals, The
American Institute of Wine and Food, The International
Association of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, and Les Dames
d'Escoffier.
In
addition, Roberta has contributed original recipes to numerous
magazines and cookbooks and was selected as one of the
contributing chefs for the cookbook
Boston's Best Recipes.
Ms. Dowling has been a featured guest on WBZ-TV Channel 4's
Women and WCVB-TV Channel 5's Good Day Show. She
received Channel 4's Evening Magazine's prestigious Best
Bet Award for cooking schools in the area and was a featured
guest on Evening Magazine. She has been featured by the
Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Yankee Magazine, The Wall Street
Journal,
among other publications.
Ms. Dowling has served as a party planner, food consultant, and
food stylist for a variety of audiences in the Boston area.
Through her catering company, DeGustibus, she has catered
private events for such eminent individuals as Princess Grace of
Monaco, Julia Child, Senator Edward Kennedy, Sixty Minutes
news correspondent Lesley Stahl, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, and
famed Boston Globe food editor Anthony Spinazzola.
Notable corporations and organizations served by Ms. Dowling's
talents include RCA, Honeywell, Polaroid, Cabot Corporation,
People Magazine, Bloomingdale's, Boston Opera Company, and
the Boston Symphony.
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