Alumni Spotlight: Katy Fernbaugh Galloway

Katy Fernbaugh Galloway was born and into the Baton Rouge service industry. Katy has worked in several locally owned Louisiana restaurants such as Sammy’s Bar & Grill, Mansurs on the Boulevard, Bin 77 Bistro & Bar, and Solera Spanish Tapas Restaurant & Bar. She has worked every position there is in restaurants in both the front and back of the house.

After spending her first six years in the service industry working in the front of the house, her passion for food and community brought her to Louisiana Culinary Institute to take her career to the next level. With support from her friends and family, Katy enrolled at LCI in 2018 and welcomed the challenge of learning the inner workings of a commercial kitchen from the ground up.

“When I started at LCI, I told myself and my family that I wasn’t going to say no to any opportunities that came my way. With this ‘no excuses’ mentality I found myself working at Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters, then working for The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, then in Kelowna, British Columbia cooking at the Fitzpatrick Family Vineyard all within six months.”

Katy’s most recent achievements include being acknowledged as one of the American Culinary Federation’s Best Chefs in Louisiana for 2020 and as the ‘Slap Ya Mama’ Chef of the Month for July 2020 on talk 107.3 hosted by Jay Ducote.

Katy is currently a chef for MF Good Catering specializing in disaster relief catering and military catering across Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.