CIC Grad Jamie Simpson Gets Props from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Simpson serves as the new executive chef for the Culinary Vegetable Institute in Milan,Ohio, the educational arm of The Chef's Garden, growers of gourmet restaurant vegetables, and parent company of Veggie U, the nutritional training program for youth....
"Now that he's been promoted to executive chef, his duties have greatly expanded to include guest chef dinners, weddings, small and large dinners for the public, fundraisers for Veggie U and the upcoming Bocuse d'Or Foundation Benefit on March 15. The sold-out event, at $500 a ticket, features a team of eight chefs from restaurants across the country. Chefs from  New York's Per Se, California's French Laundry, in addition to Jonathon Sawyer of Cleveland's The Greenhouse Tavern, will help raise money for Team USA's appearance at the  similarly titled annual competition in France."
For the whole article: http://www.cleveland.com/cooking/index.ssf/2014/03/young_chef_jamie_simpson_now_c.html