Jane A. Nickles

Award-winning wine educator Jane A. Nickles, MBA, has been teaching at the Texas Culinary Academy for over twelve years. She is author of WineSpeak 101, and a wine columnist for Eat and Drink Austin Magazine, and for the website "The Texas Wine and Food Gourmet". Her seminar, “WineSpeak 101,” has been named a “Best Bet” by the Austin-American Statesman and presented well over 100 times.

In 2007, “Miss Jane,” was honored by being named the Career Education Corporation “Educator of the Year”, from a field of over 90 colleges and 6,000 faculty members. She currently holds both the “Certified Specialist of Wine” and “Certified Food and Beverage Executive” designations. Awards include being named the “Ultimate Culinary Educator” in 2009 by the Food Educator’s Learning Community and “Educator of the Year” in 2007 by Career Education Corporation.