How Shereen Pavlides turned home cooking into a social media career with nearly 10 million followers

​Shereen Pavlides develops her own recipes and produces her cooking content. (Daily Times photo) Shereen Pavlides did not plan to become a social media star. The Garnet Valley High School Class of 1990 graduate and former Glen Mills resident built her career around food over several years, moving from restaurant work and private mortgage insurance to culinary school, food writing and television. Today, millions of people follow her cooking content online.Pavlides is known online as Cooking With Shereen. She has built a following of about 5 million on TikTok, more than 2 million on Facebook, over 1 million on Instagram and roughly 1.45 million YouTube subscribers. Her online audience grew as she shared simple recipes and cooking techniques from her own kitchen.According to Delco Today, Pavlides' journey into food began early. As a teenager, Pavlides worked in restaurants. She later spent years in private mortgage insurance before enrolling in culinary school in New York City. That decision changed the direction of her career and led her into several food-related roles.After culinary school, Pavlides worked in food styling, food writing and recipe development. She also worked in test...