James Koskiniemi

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James Koskiniemi

Born February 16, 1977 (1977-02-16) (age 31)
Portland, Oregon
Cooking style French Californian
Education California Culinary Academy, San Francisco 2005 Alumni
Current Restaurant(s)

Chef James Koskiniemi (born February 16, 1977) is an American chef that works as the Executive Chef of The Bellevue Club in Oakland, California,he is a writer for the Culinarian Magazine, and President of the Chef Association of the Pacific Coast ACF. He appeared on the cover of the February 2008 issue of the Culinarian.

When Chef James was six years old he won first place in a mens cooking competition and a culinary award from Alice Waters. At an early age he was introduced to Traditional French cooking from his father Ken who studied under Master Chef Ken Wolfe and baking and pastry from his mother Peggy.

Chef James has an Associate of Occupational Studies in Le Cordon Bleu degree from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, California, and was the only one to graduate with full honors at the top of his class out of almost 700 students. In June of 2007 Chef James was invited by the Adopt a Ship Program as a Chef Instructor on the Navy’s USS Boxer to train Culinary specialists in traditional techniques and help oversee the production of over 1200 meals per day. Chef James has worked in in other fields such as Computer Engineering, Graphic Art, and Personal Training.

He is the youngest President and Director of the San Francisco Chefs Association (CAPC) and the youngest member of the Lake Merit Breakfast Club in Oakland, California.

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