Alumni Spotlight: Blaine Guillot, A.S. ’99
Chef Blaine Guillot graduated from Nicholls State University in 1999. Chef Guillot is the Food Service Manager at St. Charles Parish Hospital for Ochsner Health
CHEF JOHN FOLSE
CULINARY INSTITUTE
AT NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
THIBODAUX – LOUISIANA
CHEF JOHN FOLSE
CULINARY INSTITUTE
AT NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
THIBODAUX – LOUISIANA
Chef Blaine Guillot graduated from Nicholls State University in 1999. Chef Guillot is the Food Service Manager at St. Charles Parish Hospital for Ochsner Health
Chef Thomas Ridgley III graduated from Nicholls State University in 2016. Chef Ridgley is a chef at Francesca by Katie’s, a new deli and pizzeria
Fall 2018 Opening of The Bakery at CJFCI By: Nicholas Lafont Still relatively new to the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls is our retail
10 Reasons You Should Go To Culinary School By: Lydia Coleman Before I begin this list, I should give a little background. I came from
Chef Minh Le graduated from Nicholls State University in 1999. Chef Le is the Executive Chef and Owner of Alumni Grill. Le says that he
Chef Ryan Gaudet graduated from Nicholls State University in 2005. Chef Gaudet is the Executive Chef for Spahr’s Seafood. The restaurant has three locations in
Chef Molly Iles-Guillory graduated from Nicholls State University in 2014. Iles-Guillory says that she knew she loved to cook and that she wanted to be
The perfect 4th of July menu from our CJFCI Instructors! When most people think about celebrating American Independence Day they probably think about a day
Chef Johnene Breaux graduated from Nicholls State University in 2016. Breaux says that she has always had a passion for cooking but found that she
Chef Allison Richard graduated from Nicholls State University in 2007. Richard says that she originally wanted to be a teacher but couldn’t get away from
Inside Nicholls State University is a weekly email newsletter that is distributed to the campus community communicating Nicholls News and Events.
All content and images ©2025 Nicholls State University