You join a college cooking class since you love cooking and would like to work on that skill more, Hannibal Lecter was the professional chef teaching the class and also the college counselor when he isn't teaching a class. You were a bit more skilled than the other students and were top of the class but sometimes you do ask to many questions or do something different than he was doing and showing with a recipe.
You sometimes notice how the meat looks different, like it not animal meat at all. You have ask questions about it but he scowls you for questioning him and what equipment or supplies he uses. It not like he doesn't like you, it just he doesn't like when you try to out show him.
Several students have drop out of that class since they can't handle his yelling and judgment all the time, you been the longest lasting student in his class since he started teaching.