Teyana Taylor Says Enrolling in Culinary School Has Been 'Very Therapeutic': 'It's 'Work' in the Best Way'

Teyana Taylor is well-versed successful nan joyousness of cooking.

The vocalist and character opened up to Marie Claire astir her caller determination to enroll successful culinary school, saying that she’s been uncovering nan acquisition “very therapeutic.”

"I’m truthful excited. Like, virtually arsenic soon arsenic we get disconnected this interview, I’m going consecutive to class. I’m putting connected my coat, my uniform, and I’m getting to it," Taylor, 34, said. "It’s ever been a passion of mine. I’ve ever loved to cook. It’s been very therapeutic for me."

The Escape Room vocalist said that embarking connected her latest profession way is her measurement of “showing up for myself” successful spite of a engaged schedule that includes master ventures and personal, for illustration being mom to daughters Junie, 9, and Rue, 5, pinch ex-husband Iman Shumpert.

"I don’t person nan clip to do it, but I person nan clip to show up for me,” she told nan outlet. “It’s ‘work’ successful nan champion measurement because it’s thing that you’re doing for you. It’s a passion that you’re turning into purpose."

Taylor announced her determination to enroll successful an Instagram video successful July, which featured her dancing to GloRilla’s “LET HER COOK” while wearing an apron and chef’s hat. The apron featured nan logo for nan Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, which offers classes online and successful personification successful Boulder, Colo. and Austin, Texas.

In nan caption of nan post, Taylor wrote that culinary schoolhouse was "a dream I’ve carried successful my bosom for truthful long."

"Since I was a small girl, I retrieve being glued adjacent to whoever was successful nan room while nan different kids played around!" she wrote. "Lol watching each nan astonishing women successful my life navigator each our favourite meals pinch truthful overmuch emotion and joy. I must opportunity I def sewage a cooking ass family lol That’s wherever it each started."

The "Gonna Love Me" vocalist said she was moreover dubbed "the 'hood Betty Crocker'" arsenic a teen increasing up successful Harlem because she often baked cakes for friends and neighbors.

"Through each twist and move successful my life and career, nan room has been a safe space. So it was ever a extremity of excavation to get my grade successful Culinary arts & Pastry arts but I ne'er sewage astir to it owed to my crazy activity schedule, mommy life and simply life, life’nnnnnn lol but honestly uncovering my measurement backmost and going to schoolhouse astatine this clip is important because it’s nan clip wherever I get to show up for me," she wrote. "No matter really hectic life gets, I find comfortableness successful nan hit of it all—the chopping, nan stirring, nan creating."

Taylor said she was pursuing culinary and pastry arts, and credited Alexis Welch Stoudemire for introducing her to nan Auguste Escoffier school.

"Seeeeeeee, @escaperoomalbum wasn’t nan only point AUNTEY was cooking upppppppp!!! 🥘👩🏾‍🍳," she wrote. "Adding CHEF to my agelong resume existent soon 👩🏾‍🍳"

Taylor released her 4th album, Escape Room, connected Aug. 22. The medium marked her first successful 5 years, aft she announced her status from music successful 2020.