Corwin Hemming wearing a chef's uniform in front of a kitchen pantry

Corwin Hemming

Hometown: Augusta, GA
Current city of residence: Brooklyn, NY 
Occupation/profession: Private and Pop-up Chef 
 
Corwin Hemming is an Augusta native whose cooking is inspired by his Jamaican heritage and experiences living aboard with his U.S. Army parents’ where he eagerly tried local dishes and expanded his palate through many culinary adventures. While attending Howard University to pursue a degree in marketing, it was his part-time jobs working at restaurants that fueled his drive to pursue training to become a chef. As a post-graduate student in 2013, he enrolled in culinary school at the Art Institute of Washington and hasn’t looked back since.Read More

Hometown: Augusta, GA
Current city of residence: Brooklyn, NY 
Occupation/profession: Private and Pop-up Chef 
 
Corwin Hemming is an Augusta native whose cooking is inspired by his Jamaican heritage and experiences living aboard with his U.S. Army parents’ where he eagerly tried local dishes and expanded his palate through many culinary adventures. While attending Howard University to pursue a degree in marketing, it was his part-time jobs working at restaurants that fueled his drive to pursue training to become a chef. As a post-graduate student in 2013, he enrolled in culinary school at the Art Institute of Washington and hasn’t looked back since. Over the last 10 years, he has worked in many notable Michelin-starred restaurants across the country, including Le Coucou, the Nomad and Acadia, Chicago. As a result of the pandemic in the fall of 2020, Corwin pivoted to the drastically changed industry and launched his own business as a private chef working around the country and focusing on pop-ups. An aviation aficionado, Corwin describes his cuisine as “contemporary Caribbean” and is eager to bring the taste of the islands into the fine-dining space and open his own brick and mortar.