Alumni in the News: August 2025
Read more about Alumni in the News: August 2025. CIA alumni are always cooking up something interesting.
CIA alumni are always cooking up something interesting, and with a network of more than 55,000 strong, there’s never a shortage of highlights!
- Many CIA alumni were mentioned in Netflix’s premiere announcement for Next Gen Chef, the cooking competition show filmed on CIA’s New York campus during the summer of 2024.
- Hosted by influencer and former Miss Universe, Olivia Culpo, with Carlton McCoy ’06 and Kelsey Barnard Clark ’11 serving as judges.
- The show also includes these other CIA alumni and friends:
- food writer Francis Lam ’03
- Milk Bar CEO Christina Tosi
- chefs Cat Cora ’95, Paul Carmichael ’00, Susan Feniger ’77, Dale Talde ’98, Kwame Onwuachi ’13, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Grant Achatz ’94, Harold Dieterle ’97, Emma Bengtsson
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Author summary: CIA alumni featured in Next Gen Chef show.
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