Grace Yek
Adjunct Professor
grace.yek@uc.edu
Fax: 513-556-1039

Education:

ACF Certified Chef de Cuisine
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
B.S. Chemical Engineering

Honors & Awards:

American Culinary Federation certified Chef de Cuisine

Research Interests:

Chemical processing industry: plant design, startup, process optimization, client training, project management and quality control

Chef Yek was born on the island of Penang, off the coast of peninsular Malaysia. A chemical engineer in her first profession, Chef Yek earned her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and pursued a career in the chemical processing industry. She was actively involved in various aspects of the industry, such as plant design, startup, process optimization, client training, project management and quality control.

In recent years, Chef Yek has pursued cooking professionally, one of her lifelong passions. She developed and started the Asian Cookery program at the Midwest Culinary Institute, which has since been integrated into the Bachelors of Science program in Culinary Arts and Science, offered in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati. She is actively engaged in the development and instruction of culinary science courses for the university.

Chef Yek is an American Culinary Federation certified Chef de Cuisine, and is an adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati and the Midwest Culinary Institute. She continues to speak on the subject of science in cooking, and was recently a keynote speaker for the Ohio Valley Society of Cosmetic Chemists.