Chef Charmain Ware has been in the restaurant and hospitality industry as a pastry chef for 10 years. Ware’s passion for becoming a chef started while she was bed ridden and wanting a change after being in a terrible car accident 20 years ago. Through her recovery, she spent endless hours watching cooking shows and days in the kitchen she realized food was her passion. This prompted her to apply and be awarded the opportunity to attend the 180 Kitchen Culinary Program at the City of Refuge in
Atlanta under Le Cordon Bleu instructors. From there, she has worked for the Cirque Du Soleil as a prep and pastry chef, the Brasserie Cafe at Parish as garmache and pastry chef, and for the last five years at the Porsche Experience Center as pastry chef. When asked why she chose pastry, Chef Ware said, “what painting is to Picasso, pastry is to me-it brought me solace and gave me purpose.”