Joshua Henderson

@joshua-henderson-6589

Teaches Culinary Arts, Business coaching, Music

Joined Aug 2026

About

I bring more than 20 years of professional culinary, hospitality, and business-operations experience. I am a Culinary Institute of America graduate and have founded and operated multiple restaurant concepts, including Skillet, Huxley Wallace Collective, and Burbs Burgers. My work has included menu development, kitchen systems, purchasing, food-cost control, vendor relationships, hiring and training teams, and building businesses from concept through daily execution. I have also been recognized as a James Beard Award nominee, named to Esquire’s Top 10 Restaurants, and included in the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.

I am especially well suited to teach aspiring cooks, home cooks who want stronger fundamentals, emerging chefs, and food entrepreneurs. I can help beginners build confidence with knife skills, seasoning, timing, organization, and essential cooking techniques, while helping more experienced students improve menu development, recipe costing, kitchen workflow, and the realities of operating a food business. My approach is practical, encouraging, and tailored to each student’s goals: I break skills into clear, repeatable steps, explain the “why” behind the technique, and focus on results students can use immediately in their own kitchen or professional path.