Joel Papcun

Office: Great Lakes Culinary Institute
Phone: 995-1195
Fax: 995-1134
jpapcun@nmc.edu

Joel Papcun CCC

• American Culinary Federation Certified Chef de Cuisine: 1993-present
• Former executive chef of several upscale restaurants including:
  • Trattoria Andiamo, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
  • The Lodge Hotel, Bellaire, MI
  • TraVino Wine & Grille, Acme, MI
• Current executive chef of Lobdell's Training Restaurant in the Great Lakes Culinary Institute.

Originally from the metro Detroit area, I left a teaching position in the Detroit Public Schools to relocate in northwest Michigan. My desire to teach the culinary arts led me to Northwestern Michigan College where I began as an adjunct instructor in the fall of 2000.

When I'm not teaching or cooking professionally, I enjoy cooking with family and friends, fishing, hunting, camping, biking and billiards. I am happily married and enjoy raising our two daughters and training our dog, Olive.

I look forward to personal and professional growth as an instructor here at NMC in the Great Lakes Culinary Institute.