Food, Expert Bios

Julia Child Director of Culinary Programs Jacquelyn Buchanan

Jacquelyn Buchanan

As COPIA’s Julia Child Director of Culinary Programs, Jacquelyn Buchanan is responsible for the creation, development and implementation of food-related programs and activities at COPIA, including daily and weekly classes, tastings and demonstrations, festivals, public tasting events and presentations by guest chefs. She creates COPIA’s food programs calendar, designs the inspiring menus for those programs, and works with wine and garden programs to implement them.

Jill Hough

Jill Silverman Hough began working at COPIA as part of our first group of volunteer docents in October, 2001. Within six months she became a paid consultant and, in the fall of 2004, joined the staff as Adjunct Culinary Instructor. Today, she regularly teaches food classes for up to 80 participants--from short, lecture-style presentations to longer, multi-dish demonstrations, including COPIA's popular signature series, A Taste of COPIA Lunch. Her wide range of subjects have included chocolate, tomatoes, strawberries, Asian vegetables, grilling, cooking with kids, chiles, cheese, ice cream and sorbets, and breads and cakes. Working closely with COPIA's Culinary Programs Manager, Jill also helps conceive, plan and produce food programs, and assist guest chefs and speakers.

In addition to her work at COPIA, Jill is a food writer and recipe developer. Her work has appeared in several magazines, including Bon Appetit, US Airways' Attaché, ReadyMade and Safeway Select, as well as on packaging and promotional materials for Robert Mondavi Winery, Jekel Wines, McPherson Wines, Hollandia Produce, Mann Packing, the Cherry Marketing Institute and the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board. "Quick Cuisine," her twice-monthly column for ANG Newspapers, is syndicated throughout the San-Francisco Bay Area.

Food, Expert Bios

Julia Child Director of Culinary Programs Jacquelyn Buchanan

Culinary Instructor Jill Hough