Selah Schmoll
Pastry Chef and Owner, Incoho Restaurant, St Catharines, Ont.
Selah Schmoll’s earliest years were spent experimenting in her mother’s kitchen. After making a career-changing decision, Selah lived abroad in Tuscany with a retired chef, where she developed her core philosophy — respecting food, appreciating local produce and simplicity is better. In 2017, Schmoll graduated from the Culinary Management Program at Niagara College and went on to acquire a number of skills through her experiences as a line cook at the Niagara Falls Queenston Place Retirement Home and as a Commis pastry chef and pastry chef de partie at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Trius Winery and Restaurant, under the supervision of executive chef Frank Dodd. In 2017, she travelled to India to compete in the Culinary Olympics, where she finished third in the world. She opened her first restaurant, Incoho, in 2019 with her partner, Ray Sygeco.
