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Chef Bettina Williams-Evans grew up in Beaumont, Texas and is a proud product of Beaumont ISD where her love for cooking with her mother was nurtured in her Home Economics classes. Beginning in middle school, under the direction of Mrs. Josephine Coburn, Chef Evans discovered her niche and fell in love with sewing and cooking. While in high school, Mrs. Coburn and Mrs. Eileen Slater nurtured Chef Evans' love for cooking and encouraged her to join Future Homemakers of America. Along with FHA and now realizing her gift for teaching, she also joined Future Teachers of America under the leadership of Mrs. Barbara Daniels and set her eyes on becoming a Home Economics teacher. As life would have it, Mrs. Evans changed her area of specialization to Special Education because of her love for the special need’s population. After graduating from French High School in 1983, Bettina attended Lamar University and earned her B.S. degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Special Education in 1989.
As she began her career in the classroom, she also began to learn every aspect of the food service industry through reading and trial and error in the kitchen. Chef Evans took her mother’s recipes and some of her own creative dishes and started to build her catering business which grew into Simply Delicious Catering in 2001. After a brief stint with her first restaurant, Classic Southern Cuisine, LLC. Bettina’s passion and love for cooking would not allow her to give up on her dream.
In August of 2016, Chef Evans formed Bettie Jean’s Homestyle Cooking, LLC and opened her second restaurant. It was at that location she was able to fulfill her dream and share her two greatest gifts of teaching and cooking with the Southeast Texas community. With roots from Breaux Bridge and Opelousas, Louisiana, Chef Evans created dishes she refers to as LaTex cuisine. In addition, she partnered with Texas Workforce Solutions and opened doors for individuals with disabilities to get on the job training to prepare them for a career in food service.
After almost three years serving her Southeast Texas community as a restaurateur and 14 years as a professional caterer, Chef Evans hung up her keys in 2019 prior to the pandemic and went back to the public school classroom where another dream became reality as a Culinary Arts Instructor at The Career and Technology Education Center. It’s with her broad experience in the catering and restaurant industry that Chef Bettina Evans continues her passion for the food industry and is training the next generation of chefs and culinary professionals to pursue their love for the art of cooking and serving others.
The BEST is yet to come!
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