[Chef 1] Aaron Wilder, sous chef for Dining and Conference Services, helps prepare a sandwich for a customer in the Food Court. Wilder is an IUS alumnus and applied for the position three times over a three-year period before being selected for the position. IU Southeast hired a new chef at the beginning of the year, Aaron Wilder, sous chef for Dining and Conference Services. Wilder graduated from the School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in business management at IU Southeast in 2006. “I learned more from being on the job than in [culinary] school,” Wilder said. “I felt [it] was a waste of money.”

Richard Calarco, sous chef for Dining and Conference Services, joined IU Southeast after traveling the world while serving in the Navy. “I basically wanted to be a diver for the Navy, but I didn’t meet the qualifications for that, so I became a naval firefighter,” Calarco said. However, Calarco said he had dreams of becoming a chef since he was very little.