Chef Shauniece Company Profile
Hey everybody! I’m Shauniece. I’m 15 years old and I absolutely love to cook! It all started about 6 years ago when my mom was in a near fatal car accident. She had a laundry list of injuries which included both of her arms broken and her leg being crushed. After spending months in the hospital she came home, unable to walk, or have any use of her arms. It took her a year just to be able to walk again. So knowing this my family members would come by to drop off food and do little chores and things for my mom. But as time progressed people wouldn’t come over as much. One day I was really hungry and my mom –knowing she couldn’t get up to cook- told me “Baby you have got to get in that kitchen and fix yourself something to eat.” So I made a grilled cheese sandwich. (I was about nine when that happened). Then my mom bought me my first electric skillet made just for kids. (You see this skillet was designed not to burn the house down and my mom trusted me using it.) And that’s were the adventure began. I started off making really simple dishes like eggs, hamburger, pancakes … you know… the basics. Some times I got a little fancy and made an omelet. Some days I just couldn’t wait to get home and cook, and as time progressed I advanced in my cooking and my passion for it began to blossom. To fast-forward some years Thanksgiving of 2008 I fixed the main dish which was garlic chicken. I prepared six chickens all by myself for -30 people. When I saw the happiness on all of my friends and family’s faces and how no one even touched the other meat (which was roast beef) I realized that this is what I wanted to do. So here I am, and my goal is to encourage other youngsters to get in the kitchen and explore cooking and step out of their comfort zone and try different types of food.