My Brother

GabrielMy Interesting Relative

Essay

Ms. A. Rodriguez

I have a younger brother named Gabriel.

He is five years younger than me.

He is my most interesting relative. I say

this because Gabriel chased his dream to

become a chef and actually did it.

When he was in high school, he was

unsatisfied. He dropped out and got his GED.

He went to Lehman College and

studied Anthropology, but he was

still unhappy.

Even at his older age he decided to

follow his dream .

He transferred to Johnson and Wales

University to study Culinary Arts.

At J.W.U. he worked to support

himself as a bartender and a waiter.

He went to Germany, France,

Switzerland and Spain to study wine.

Gabriel graduated with an associate’s degree and

then completed his bachelor’s degree in Culinary

Arts and Food Service Management.

He knows how to match wine with food.

He knows about nutrition and how to

manage a restaurant.

He is now an assistant manager of a

French/Vietnamese fusion restaurant in the

SoHo area of Manhattan.