Professional Overview: Scott Groth is a trained chef and professional food blogger with practical experience in the culinary field. His background includes owning a cooking school and a catering company. His specialization covers a range of dietary preferences and culinary styles, including low-carb, keto, vegetarian, vegan, kosher, and traditional old-world cooking.
Education:
Culinary & Wellness Training:
- Culinary Education, ICASI, 2010
- Culinary Education & Training, Western Reserve School of Cooking, 2011
- Advanced Bread Making Techniques, Western Reserve School of Cooking, 2012
- Health Coaching, HCI, 2017
Academic Certifications:
- BA in English, Trinity College, 1998
- BA in Economics, Trinity College, 1998
- High School Diploma, University School, 1994
Culinary Experience:
Cooking School Experience: In 2011, Scott founded The Chubby Cook, a recreational cooking school located in Beachwood, Ohio. The school offered a variety of cooking classes, covering specialized diets such as Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian, Kosher, and Paleo. It was known for hosting large sushi classes and private events on the premises.
Catering Experience: Scott established The Chubby Cook Catering Company in 2011. This company focused on scratch-made food for various events, including corporate functions, weddings, birthdays, and other social gatherings. It was among the few caterers at the time offering vegan, vegetarian, low-carb, old-world, and kosher meals, all prepared from scratch in-house. The company also provided freshly made daily juices for yoga studios in the area.
Chef Experience: Between 2011 and 2015, Scott worked as a chef-for-hire working with various local restaurants, catering companies and event venues in the Cleveland area.
Professional Experience:
Blogging Experience: Scott's professional blogging experience started in 2010 with the cooking and recipe blog entitled The Chubby Cook. The overwhelming response to this blog led him to open a brick-and-mortar cooking school with the same name. In 2015, Scott started the food blog I'd Rather Be A Chef, concentrating on Gluten Free recipes, and has since expanded the scope to include Low Carb and Keto recipes.
Physician Staffing: Prior to pursuing his passion in cooking, Scott served as the President and CIO of Locum Medical Group. This company provided professional staffing services for physicians and medical centers throughout the United States, specializing in underserved areas and government contracts.
Website Design: Immediately following the closure of the cooking school and catering company, Scott created the web design firm HD Web Designs. This company made a splash in the pool for small to intermediate-sized companies, offering new websites, website redesign, SEO, UX, UI, and graphic design services.
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