Getting Started as a Chef: Brother Luck Tells It Like It Is

Chef Brother Marcellus Luck IV
C•CAP Class of 2001

I got into kitchens out of necessity. I joined a culinary program in high school because it was a guaranteed meal, and I’d probably get the opportunity to meet some girls. At Metro Tech High School, outside of the core curriculum, we could choose a vocational skill to study: auto-shop, carpentry, plumbing, etc. Of the options presented, the only one to offer free food was the culinary program. Listening to the grumble of my stomach and remembering my home-ec teacher, Mrs. Kimbrough, saying, “You know, Brother, you are pretty good at cooking. You should consider going to culinary school,” I signed up. (Thank you, Mrs. Kimbrough!)