Chef Derek F. Anders Jr. began his culinary arts profession in the classrooms of WCC while dual enrolled in high school. He received his BS in Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island and has worked at The Gandy Dancer, The Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, Arbor Brewing Company and McCormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant in Providence RI. He taught three years part-time for WCC at University Commons, and today, teaches culinary arts at WCC full time.
