{"id":49264,"date":"2025-12-01T19:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49264\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:12:11","slug":"local-restaurant-owner-visits-culinary-arts-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49264\/","title":{"rendered":"Local restaurant owner visits culinary arts class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0L5A4000-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of Bashir Chedrawee presenting to a BCHS culinary arts class\" width=\"483\" height=\"322\" class=\"\"\/><br \/>Bashir Chedrawee, owner and co\u2011founder of Simone\u2019s Kitchen, visited Lindsey Bradt\u2019s culinary arts class at BCHS last week to offer students an insider\u2019s view of restaurant operations.<\/p>\n<p>Chedrawee discussed the keys to success in both the kitchen and the business, covering everything from crafting fresh dishes to managing staff and the daily workings of a fast\u2011casual restaurant. He highlighted Simone\u2019s core value of \u201cphiloxenia,\u201d which embodies hospitality and care for every guest, and emphasized that excellent customer service is just as crucial as serving outstanding food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0L5A3995-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of students in culinary arts class\" width=\"246\" height=\"164\" class=\"\"\/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0L5A3948-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of students in culinary arts class\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Students eagerly asked about menu items, ingredients, cooking techniques, and the essentials of running a growing restaurant. Some even tried to glean insights about potential new Simone\u2019s Kitchen locations. Chedrawee shared stories about the restaurant\u2019s expansion, its scratch\u2011made dishes, and how teamwork and a focus on both employees and customers foster a welcoming dining experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bashir Chedrawee, owner and co\u2011founder of Simone\u2019s Kitchen, visited Lindsey Bradt\u2019s culinary arts class at BCHS last week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-49264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}