Faculty Bio

Toni Hendrickson Sakaguchi, C.E.C., C.H.E., is a chef-instructor at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. After graduating with an associate degree from The Culinary Institute of America in 1984, Toni Sakaguchi earned a bachelor's degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management from Michigan State University. She then moved to California and served as executive chef in two of the nation's top restaurants, Border Grill Café and City Restaurant, both in Los Angeles. Chef Sakaguchi was the grill chef for the fine dining restaurant in the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in Sonoma, California prior to joining the faculty at the CIA at Greystone in 1997.