In 1993 Janis quit her corporate job and ran away to cooking
school and hasn’t looked back ! She keeps busy both inside
and outside the kitchen with a burning passion for cooking
(and eating!) tasty seasonal food. As executive chef of
redDog Cafe, she helped launch the Silver Spring restauran
t to critical acclaim (www.reddogcafe.com).
She is a graduate of the professional program at
L’Acadamie de Cuisineand trained in France as well.
Janishas also spent time in kitchens around DC
and is a former sous-chef of both the Morrison-Clark Inn
and Red Sage. She is also a Director, for La Varenne,
the famed cooking school in Burgundy, France and
works closely with Anne Willan on a variety of projects.

Janis can also be seen on the TV
Foodnet Work hit – Food Fight as
a contestant in one of the DC based
episodes. She has also been a guest
speaker at several Smithsonian programs. And is an active membe rof Women
Chef’s and Restaurateurs,
Les Dames d’Escoffier, and IACP
(Int’l Association of Cooking Professionals).