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Teyana Taylor Explains How She’s Balancing Culinary School With ‘One Battle After Another’ Promotion

She calls the online program grounding, a discipline informing her move into directing.

Overview

  • Taylor says she is enrolled at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts and is training to become a chef.
  • She completes classes remotely and does assignments on her iPad while traveling to premieres, calling online study tougher without a chef’s immediate feedback.
  • Taylor noted the curriculum includes unexpected academic work such as business classes, and she told Jimmy Kimmel she is a straight‑A student.
  • She credits culinary training together with working with Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another with preparing her to direct.
  • She highlighted techniques and recipes she is learning, including fabricating proteins and making pizza from scratch for her daughters, along with butter, cornbread, whipped cream, pomme purée and pilaf rice.