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She was young and single and super talented. \u00a0Fast forward to today and she is now Alyssa Wilen, a mother, happily married to her husband Andrew, and for a number of years they have been operating a cooking school here in Charlotte (where we all live) called <em><strong>Alyssa&#8217;s Kitchen<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Along the way I found out that Alyssa was not a vegetarian when she was the chef at <em>Fern<\/em>, but adapted her skills to that cuisine because, well, she could. \u00a0It&#8217;s that kind of artisanal spirit that propelled her and Andrew to tackle the daunting task of opening a cooking school for home cooks, then navigating through the pandemic to survive, and ultimately growing an important and beloved local business. 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