Smallman Galley holds final audition for its new class of chefs

It resembled a locker room scene from before a prize fight: with white headphone buds tucked into her ears that matched her white chef’s coat, Julia Shay Mirek focused on her notes and nodded to the playlist she picked to get her fired up. Moments later, she laced on a black apron to fire, plate and serve seven dishes of food that could potentially change her life.