Photo by Frank Couch.
Clif Holt is the teacher at the new Grand Bohemian cooking school. He and his wife own Little Savannah, and Holt has also worked at Highlands Bar and Grill, Chez Fon Fon and Samford University.
The Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook recently launched a website specifically designed to help interested participants sign up for one of its various Kessler Collection Cooking School classes held onsite.
At www.classesbykessler.com, participants can sign up for everything from a knife skills course to Moroccan and even Spanish-inspired recipe classes. Currently available classes begin Wednesday, March 23 and continue through the end of the month.
Sign-up fees for the classes range in price from $65 per person to $125 per person. Complimentary Kessler Family Wine will be available during class and the bar will take orders for purchase following the instruction.
Birmingham chef Clif Holt will lead each class. Most recently, Holt owned and operated Little Savannah Restaurant and Bar. Holt’s wife, Maureen, is now at its helm.
Mostly self-taught, Holt received a degree from the Jefferson State Community College for Culinary Arts and Business Administration. But even before he entered the culinary scene, Holt lived in San Diego, where he joined the United States Navy and maintained Secret Security clearance.
Eventually, Holt’s military skills proved fruitful in the kitchen back at home.
After holding titles such as project manager and senior designer at various companies in the Alabama area, Holt found his way back into the kitchen. He went on to accept a position at Highlands Bar and Grill and Chez Fon Fon, where he moved his way up to chef de tournant after starting as a pastry chef. Holt then worked at Samford University as chef de cuisine with Sodexo Campus Services before most recently working as proprietor and executive chef at Little Savannah, the full-service fine dining establishment he developed from scratch.
For more on Chef Holt, click here to read a Village Living profile on him.
