Meet Our Chefs

Our chefs bring professional experience, a passion for teaching, and an approachable style to every class. Whether you're learning something new or building on skills you already have, they'll guide you through each technique and help you feel confident in the kitchen.

Meet Chef Tyson

Chef Tyson Long is a Certified Executive Chef with more than 15 years of professional kitchen experience. His career includes serving as Executive Chef at Winslow’s Home in St. Louis and six years as Executive Chef and Partner at Sugarfire Smokehouse.

Today, Tyson teaches culinary arts at Mascoutah High School and brings his experience and approachable teaching style to the Toast & Table kitchen. His classes are designed to help home cooks build skills, learn new techniques, and feel more confident in the kitchen.

Meet Chef Jessica

Jessica Mode is a self-taught home cook turned culinary school graduate with a passion for making food from scratch and teaching others to do the same. After graduating from the Italian Culinary Institute, she spent years developing and testing recipes designed to help home cooks build confidence in the kitchen.

Through her blog, Homebody Eats, Jessica shares approachable techniques and step-by-step guidance for everything from sourdough bread to homemade pasta. At Toast & Table, she brings that same practical, encouraging approach to her classes.

Meet Chef Michelle

Michelle’s love of cooking began in her grandmother’s kitchen in the Philippines, where she learned to make traditional Filipino island dishes by watching and helping. She moved to the United States at 15 and lived in Honolulu and Las Vegas before settling in Illinois. When she started a family of her own, she kept those traditions alive by bringing the flavors she grew up with to her own table.

Today, through her personal cooking business, Michelle At Your Table, she shares those flavors with others. She’s excited to bring her family traditions and a little Filipino fun to the Toast & Table teaching kitchen.