Cuisine International was founded by Judy Ebrey in 1987 as a company representing week long cooking schools and culinary experiences throughout the Western world.  Presently with 18 hand-picked schools located in Italy, France, England, Portugal and Brazil, the perfect culinary journey can be found for interested clients.

The company is constantly expanding and looking for new ways to bring our clients the best of what the culinary world has to offer, but still maintains the unique approach of not offering anything that we haven't experienced for ourselves.  The business is completely run by family including owner Judy Ebrey, her husband Richard Ebrey, Judy's son Craig Terrell, and his wife Amy Terrell.

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Judy Ebrey graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She then attended Oklahoma University to a earn a Masters in Physical Therapy.

While raising her three children she decided to pursue her love of cooking and studied at Cordon Bleu in London as well as studying under many well-known chefs in the United States, France and Italy.  She is a Certified Culinary Professional and a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals,  the American Institute of Wine and Food and Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs.

After many years of catering, teaching, cooking and writing newspaper columns, Judy founded Cuisine International, a company which serves as an agent for 17 European cooking schools and culinary excursions in Italy, France and England. Many new countries are on the agenda for the future. Among her clients are Comptessa Anna Tasca Lanza, Fulvia Sesani, Diane Seed, Raymond Blanc and Enrico Franzese.

Part of each year is spent searching out the best locations and instructors and opening new  programs.  Judy always attends the classes first to see if they meet the high standards for which she is known and she often returns to the schools to revisit.

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Amy was born and raised in Lake Jackson, Texas.  In school, she studied classical violin and was an accomplished cross-country runner as well as finishing at the very top of her graduating class.  She earned a BA in English from the Texas A&M University and a Masters degree in Library Sciences from the University of North Texas. 

During the day, she runs the office of Cuisine International.   Amy is in charge of payment processing, information requests, reservations, and keeping Judy together.  She has been with the company since January of 1999 and has since become an integral part of the business.  Also, since her marriage to Judy's son Craig, she has become an integral part of the family.  Amy and Craig decided to help expand the business and had their first child, a daughter, in February 2003.  The family business expanded again with the arrival of their second daughter in December 2004.

When Amy is not working or taking care of her daughters, she enjoys running, reading, quilting, cross-stitching, watching movies, and baking.  

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Richard was born in Oil City, PA. He moved throughout the U.S. until settling in Oklahoma to attend high school. Dick graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1960 with a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management and completed the course work for a masters degree in Business Administration. His professional degree was in engineering, planning and finance.  He retired as an executive division manager for Southwestern Bell Corporation.

Upon retirement, he traveled extensively and has been in over 75 foreign countries. Other than travel, his hobbies include recreational swimming, biking, weight lifting, opera, reading, bird hunting and fishing as well as other outdoor interests. He has served on the board of the Omniplex Science, the American Red Cross, the YMCA, the Dallas Opera and other organizations as well as being a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Registered Professional Engineers, and Mensa society. His main passion is travel and fine dining throughout the world. Dick is also the Cuisine International specialist in trip planning.

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Craig, Judy's son, was born in Houston, Texas.  During grade school in McKinney, Texas, he dabbled in everything from music to electronics to writing.   However, being raised by a mother so devoted to the culinary arts was bound to rub off, so he began assisting her with her catering business by the age of 14. 

After being raised and educated in the north Texas area, he received a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of North Texas in 1997.  He ran a successful technical consulting business for several years during and after college, then went back to his alma mater to become a network analyst and data systems developer where he currently keeps a full time position.  With Cuisine International, he is the web designer and manager as well as the graphics designer, programmer and all around technical guru.

In his off time, Craig enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, golfing, racquetball, and playing jazz and blues guitar.  Beyond that, most of his time is spent developing computer applications and data storage systems.  In the summer of 1997, he met Amy Dressen at a mutual friend's wedding and two years later she changed her name to Amy Terrell, now Cuisine International's Office Manager.  

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