[2][3] Barbeau is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America.
After graduation, she worked at restaurants in New York City including The Quilted Giraffe, Le Bernardin and Chanterelle.
[4] In 1991, she graduated from Florida International University with a BS in hospitality management.
[1] Along with fellow chefs Anne Rosenzweig, Rozanne Gold and Susan Spicer, she was one of the four “Women Chefs of Peace.”[1] Barbeau cooked for the cast and crew of the tv show Northern Exposure.
She also cooked for students at Currier House (Harvard College) as part of the Visiting Chef’s Program for the school’s Dining Services.