JAMESTOWN - Albert Schmid has been hired as the new director of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Managment at GTCC.

Schmid has more than 30 years of professional and academic experience in the culinary, beverage and hospitality industries.

Most recently, he spent close to 18 years working as a professor and director of the Hotel-Restaurant Management and Hospitality Management departments at Sullivan University’s National Center for Hospitality Studies in Louisville, Ky.

He is the author of six books, including “The Beverage Manager’s Guide to Wines, Beers and Spirits” (2012) and “The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook” (2010), both of which received three Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. He’ll be releasing two additional books in 2017.

Schmid holds a master’s degree in gastronomy from the University of Adelaide/Le Cordon Bleu in Australia and a bachelor’s degree in science from Charter Oak State College in New Britain, Conn. He has also received 12 professional certifications.

For a nice profile of Schmid, visit news.gtcc.edu.