Bio:

CHEF CHARLES M. CARROLL, CEC AAC

Author of Leadership Lessons From A Chef: Finding Time To Be Great, Chef Carroll is currently the Executive Chef of River Oaks Country Club, in Houston Texas. Recipient of over seventy national and international awards, including Chef of the Year, Chef’s Good Taste Award, Sharing Culinary Traditions Award, Chef’s Professionalism Award, the James Beard Foundation Great Country Inn Chefs Award and Educator of the Year Award among numerous others. Chef Carroll has served our country on seven United States Culinary Olympic Teams over the last 20 years, competing all over the world with the ultimate prize being number one in the world in 2000.

Chef Carroll has spent the past two years traveling around the United States mentoring, sharing and presenting, his messages to culinary students, chefs, industry professionals and executives.  His influence and inspiration has helped thousands of individuals reach their full potential and strive to be the best they can be.