The desire to learn how to create or produce the cuisine that one has grown to love, may arrive early in a child’s life; at least it did for me. Standing in the doorway of the kitchen and waiting for a serving of cornbread or a sample cake to come out of the oven was always a thrill. No matter how late the hours were; a taste of goodness was always in order. You would think that this is when the career of catering came into being for me, but it was not. I will fast forward from the age of three to the age of maybe fifteen. During one of the holidays, I was asked to prepare the potato salad. The result was so good that my mother complimented me. She thought it was better than her recipe. This set one of the career paths and the Catering Diploma from Penn Foster yielded  its credibility.