Stephen Kelley

Name: Stephen Kelley   

Hometown: Woodbury, Minnesota

Year: Senior

Major: Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management

HC: What are your favorite hobbies?

SK: My favorite hobbies are probably: cooking, making music, playing soccer, and brewing.

HC: I heard you attended school in New York, what was the school and how was it?

SK: I went to The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.  It was an incredible experience, looking back I really miss all the friends I met and cooked with every day. 

HC: How did you like living in New York? Run into any problems there?

SK: I loved it.  It was a really neat experience being so close to such an exciting city and seeing all the things that make it such a cool place to be.  The most common problem I ran into was getting lost and going the wrong way on the subway then showing up late somewhere.  Also there were a few times I almost got hit by taxis in the street, but that happens to the best of us. 

HC: What made you decide to attend school in New York

SK: The main reason I wanted to go to that school specifically is because it is very highly regarded in the hospitality/food-service industry, and it was the only school I really applied to at the time. 

HC: Are you involved with any other activities on campus?

SK: This makes me sound super lame but I’m not really involved in many campus activities. 

HC: What would be your idea of a perfect date?

SK: I think a perfect date would be going out to dinner at 112 Eatery in Minneapolis, catching a kick-ass show at First Avenue, then ending the night at the Marvel Bar for 1-5 cocktails, beers, or glasses of wine. 

HC: What was your first kiss like?

SK:My first kiss was super cliché.  I was pretty young at summer camp, it was our last night there and the girl I really liked said she liked me and gave me her AIM screen name (so I knew things were pretty serious).  Then as we walked back to the cabins she stopped me, almost tripped me and made me fall over, and we kissed.  Looking back I couldn’t tell you if it was any good or not…I think I was so happy I didn’t sleep that night.

HC: What is your favorite way to spend a Sunday?

SK: My favorite way to spend a Sunday is by cooking an obscene amount of food and eating it with friends and my family while we watch football. 

HC: Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

SK: In five years I really want to be living with my friends in New York City or living abroad in either France or Spain and working with food, wine, and tourism. 

HC: Any fun facts you’d like to share about yourself?

SK My favorite movies are: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future.

-I just learned how to surf in Northern Spain

-I love to collect bottles of wine and beer

-I’ll hopefully be mountain biking and rafting in Costa Rica over winter break