Gail Balego
Phone: 651.846.1492
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Gail Balego
Culinary Arts
AA, Saint Paul College
BS, University of Minnesota
MBA, University of St. Thomas
MS, University of Wisconsin

Marcy Alfonsi has been an instructor at Saint Paul College since 2005. She currently teaches 3rd semester classes: Restaurant operations, Advanced Pastry & Decorating, Advanced Food & Wine, and Classical Buffet. While she likes teaching all of her classes, Advanced Pastry & Decorating is her favorite since she’s worked as a pastry chef at several points in her career - she still loves working with desserts and cakes. Her favorite part about teaching is the interaction with the students. She loves the diversity and all of the unique personalities. Each student brings something new and interesting “to the table”, so to speak.

Marcy also enjoys running the College’s restaurant, the CityView Grille, and serving the public. She thinks it's a great "real world" experience for the students - and the customers love the food! She has extensive experience which she brings to the program. She co-owned and ran a restaurant in South Minneapolis from 2001-2004 called Marimar. She served as the working owner, pastry chef, back-of-house manager and just about everything else (including dishwasher) in the time they were open. She says she likes her hours better now!

Marcy completed the Culinary Arts program at Saint Paul College in 1998. She was named “Student of the Year” in 1998 for Culinary and served on the College’s Culinary Arts Advisory Board prior to becoming an instructor. She also is a member of "Women Who Really Cook", a Twin-Cities based networking group for women working in all aspects of food.