Kurt Ramborger
How I meet him?
I never met him but went through Facebook chat from June, 2008 also one day I will meet him.
1. Are he born deaf and causes?
He second generation deaf from deaf parents along with his two deaf sisters and his third generation deaf children.
2. When did he attended at?
He grew up in mainstream from kindergarten to grade 6 then enrolled California School for the Deaf, Riverside, California.
3. When did he graduated?
He graduated in June, 1989 at California School for the Deaf.
4. When did he graduated at Galluedet University or College?
Nope, he attended there for 2 years.
Nope, major interesting for him there moved back to Southern California attended Southern California University Northridge (CSUN) for one semester then tranfer to Pierce Community College for 4 years. Never finish college as he found his passion in the professional kitchen.
5. What courses did he take?
He took Liberal Arts in Galluedet University (try to be major in Marine Biology but no field there). He couldn't find a right major at Pierce Community College as he took many different classes to fit his interesting and none for him.
6. Where did he learning from chef?
He learned himself by self- taught.
7. How long have he been chef from cooking?
He started off as odd jobs as in dishwasher during his Pierce Community. College to earn his living. (He have also have had several add jobs at once). He was falling in love with professional kitchen because of the adrenaling heats, close confinement, and fire. He want to be chef so, his first chef trained him with his knife skills and prepping the recipes, line cook, temperatures of varieties ingredients. He end up moved up to be a Sous Chef within 6 months. Abandoned College life and worked his way around several restaurants for 7 years before became chef. He have been in professional kitchen for 28 years and 21 years as chef. He have held many different positions in 21 different kitchens in 6 states.
8. What kind of award are he?
He had Employee Of The Year Award was from Basil's kitchen at Embassy Suite by Hilton Hotel at Tukwila, Washington where he was honored for best worker in kitchen as Chef de Tournade.
He was in Chopped under Food Network TV way back 2013. He was chopped after entree round. Also, was voted Hottest Chef In America in 2012 by social media voters under Eater.com.
Deaf person of the year under Deaf Life Magazine (also, deaf person of the month twice as well). Wrote a cookbook as well, titled You Don't Ears To Cook.
He involved with many Deaf Community and many Deaf School to give his live cooking show.
There is too many accommodations of his 28 years of Chef Journey.
He can't remember them all.
