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Culinary Students in Santa Barbara

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Goran Milić Culinary Academy

Students with Helene Schneider

Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider with Goran Milic and culinary students from Kotor. Goran and the students  prepared a dinner for our “Friends of Kotor” following which the students spent two months interning at Goran’s Divino Restaurant in Brentwood, CA.

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