Teyana Taylor Celebrates Lifelong Dream of Going to Culinary School: ‘I Was the Hood Betty Crocker'

Teyana Taylor is adding the culinary arts to her already stacked résumé.

On Friday, Taylor shared a post on Instagram revealing that she has started attending culinary school. The video showed the singer wearing what appears to be an Escoffier apron and a black hat, and busting a few dance moves to GloRilla's hit song "Let Her Cook" with her daughter, Iman, joining in on the fun right next to her.

"Went into my first day of Culinary school with a banggggggg s/o to my Twinskiiiiiii Junebuggggggg!," Teyana wrote. "Wow… it's really happening. A dream I've carried in my heart for so long is finally becoming a reality and I'm feeling every bit of it."

Taylor also reflected on her passion for cooking in her caption, explaining how it's a form of "peace" and "therapy" for her and shouting out the women she saw tearing up the kitchen when she was younger. According to Taylor, all those moments in the kitchen led to her baking cakes for people in her neighborhood of Harlem, New York, and becoming the "hood Betty Crocker."

"Through every twist and turn in my life and career, the kitchen has been a safe space," Taylor added. "So it was always a goal of mine to get my degree in Culinary arts & Pastry arts but I never got around to it due to my crazy work schedule, mommy life and simply life, life'nnnnn."

Based on the logo on her apron, Taylor is taking classes at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, which offers online courses that could fit the New York native's busy schedule. Newsweek recently put the school in its Top Online Colleges 2025 list.

To close out her caption, Taylor wrote that she gets to "take this love even deeper" by officially stepping into the world of culinary and pastry arts. She added that this new challenge in her life isn't just a passion, but also a purpose, and she's "excited to learn, to grow, and to honor the art form" that has been a part of her life and community.

Several of Taylor's peers chimed in on the news in the comment section, including Kerry Washington, who wrote, "YAAAAAAAS CHEF. this is SOOOOOOOOOOO inspiring!!!!!" and Ayo Edebiri, who said, "Omg yes chef."