the hotel's Executive Chef George Morrone. Following this, Huppin worked as the Pastry Chef at Angeli Restaurant for Evan Kleiman, before heading to Northern California to serve as the opening pastry Chef for Bradley Ogden and Michael Dellar's Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur, California. Rochelle then moved back to Los Angeles to work for Wolfgang Puck & Barbara Lazaroff at their restaurants: Spago, located in West Hollywood at the time and Chinois on Main in Santa Monica, California. Huppin served on the opening crew for their next two ventures: Eureka restaurant in West Los Angeles and Granita restaurant in Malibu. Huppin has participated in the opening of nearly a dozen restaurants. Awards Fellow, Culinary Institute of America, 2011 Ambassador, Culinary Institute of America, 2010 Hannah Solomon Business Woman-of-the-Year from the National Council of Jewish Women, 2003 Share Our Strength Sponsorship Award - 2000 Chicago Manufacturing Center Excellence Award - 1996 Business of the Year award Chicago Mercantile Mart—1994 References External links https://www.rochellehuppin.com https://www.chefwear.com American chefs Living people Businesspeople from Spokane, Washington Year of birth missing (living people) University of California, Los Angeles alumni American Jewish University alumni Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park alumni