Associate Professor, The Culinary Institute of America; San Antonio, TX

Lilla Bernal, CMB, CHE, is an associate professor at the Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio where she has the privilege of teaching baking and pastry to first and second-semester students. Ms. Bernal is a Certified Master Baker and a Certified Hospitality Educator.  In a previous life, Lilla was a menu consultant at Victoria House Resort and The Black Orchid in San Pedro, Belize. She was one of the original vendors at the Pearl Farmer's Market and the pastry chef at Biga on the Banks. Her experience includes nutrition education coordinator with the San Antonio Food Bank as well as a wide array of pastry chef and baker jobs in Central America, Mexico, and the great state of Texas. (San Antonio, TX)