Something Good is cooking in the kitchen of a Fort Worth steakhouse.
"It feels like a crazy amazing honor," said Jessie Posan, the new executive chef at The Capital Grille in downtown Fort Worth.
To be in that position could definitely be considered an honor when you look at the numbers.
The latest stats from career company Zippia shows 12.5% of all executive chefs are women, while 87.5% are men.
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Posan set her sights on the industry while in high school. "It was when I was starting to go to college, my senior year. Doctor didn't sound right. Lawyer doesn't sound right. Nursing? No," Posan recalled. "I was just sitting there watching the Food Network one night, and I was like, Duh! Food! That's what I love to do. So I was like, I'm going to go to school to be a chef."
And, she did. Now, a decade later she's the boss in the kitchen.
"Just my journey at The Capital Grille, I started off making salads, worked my way up," Posan said. "It can be a very competitive industry especially for women. A lot of people want to underestimate the power of girls. I've worked really, really hard to get where I am in my career. And it feels like an an amazing accomplishment, like a dream come true."
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Posan plans to bring new specials to The Capital Grille and lean into the creativity that also makes her a talented pastry chef.
"I love seeing people creating memories with loved ones and being able to be part of that even if it's just the dishes I'm making," she said. "I think food can be very powerful."
