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FROM WSCA PRESIDENT, GARY FULLER
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MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT
Gary Fuller, CCE CEC AAC
August 2010
June was a great month for our association. Our
chapter provided 6,400 box lunches for the State annual Special Olympics. A
special thanks to all the volunteers that spent two nights helping us prepare
for this special event at Renton Technical College. The local schools that helped the volunteers were Renton
Technical College, Lake Washington Technical College, and Puget Sound and West
Sound Technical Skills Centers. Thanks to all for a job well done. A special
thanks to Chef of the Year Tony Parker CCE ACE and John Fisher CEC CCE AAC for
organizing this years event.
Also in June we held our 1st Annual Chef of
the Year, ACF Certifications practical testing and culinary salon at the New Le
Cordon Bleu School. We had 29 competitors with 4 Gold, 11 Silver and 8 Bronze
medals. For 2011, our Student of the Year is Krista Nakamura and our Chef of
the Year is Elijah Dalager; congratulations to all that competed.
Dan Lewark CEC ACE is to be congratulated for a
fantastic job with our culinary event. He spent numerous hours contacting ACF judges;
working with the Le Cordon Bleu School and registering all our competitors.
Thanks Dan for all your great work.
Last
Monthly
Meeting - June 2010
Our June meeting was held at Tulalip Casino. I must
say they treated us like royalty; Executive Chef Perry Mascitti and his staff
put on a show. We had tray-passed appetizers by the indoor pool, and also enjoyed
the Smoked Salmon Sate, Beef Tenderloin TaTaki, Gorgonzola Bruschetta and Black
Cod Fish and Chips.
We then moved into the dining room and thoroughly
enjoyed our dinner. The smoked salmon & crab tower was perfect, the Wild
green cucumber Bouquet Vase was a work of art, and the braised lamb shank with
the huckleberry Demi glace was fork tender and delicious. The dessert was a
Hazelnut Linzer with chocolate cream and sour cherry jam, man that was
fantastic!
Chef Perry, thank you again for being such a gracious
host; all of our members will remember this extraordinary dinner.
Visit the Tulalip Casino meeting page for more details.
Coming Events
Our National Convention is in Anaheim, California
August 2-5th this year. Click on the link for additional information.
Don't forget our annual Golf Fore! Education August 9th
at McCormick Woods Golf Course. Washington State Chefs and the Washington State
Restaurant Association are holding our 2nd annual golf tournament to provide
monies for our educational foundations.
Our September meeting is at Renton Technical College. We will be having Veraci Pizza and an educational segment by Sadie Kendall of Kendall Farms. Check
our website for details. Visit the Meetings page for more info!
Crab cakes in October!! Yes, we are having the "BEST
OF the NORTHWEST" and this year it is crab cakes. So bring your favorite
recipe
and compete for cash prizes in three different categories; professional,
student and food enthusiast. We are holding this event at the NEW Le
Cordon
Bleu School on October 11th.
Join us on WE ARE CHEFS and FACEBOOK
Gary Fuller CEC CCE AAC
Washington State Chefs Association Website
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THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS!
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We want to thank our vendors who donated all the food for the competition:
Tracy Nixon from Sysco
Garry Lensing from US Foods
We would like to offer both vendors 2 Free Tickets to our March 2011 Presidents Awards Dinner at the Columbia Tower in Seattle.
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BOARD MEETING - AUG 16th, 2010
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BOARD MEETING ONLY
August 16, 2010
4:00 PM
AT
Western Foodservice Marketing
3003 Northup Way, Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (425) 739-7333
Fax: (425) 739-9614
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| SEPTEMBER WSCA MEETING |
SEPTEMBER WSCA MEETING
September 13, 2010
Renton
Technical College
Directions
Networking,
Educational Segment, Dinner
Times:
Board
Meeting - 4pm-6pm
Educational Segment - 6pm-6:30pm
Veraci Pizza
Dinner
and Networking - 6:30pm-8:00pm
Pricing:
Students: $20.00
Members: $25.00
Non-Members: $30.00
Register Online!
The Veraci
Traveling pizza show it is fanstantic. Their wood-fired brick lined
oven makes some of the BEST artisan pizza around. Should be fun, they
make the pizza right in front of you and fire them up in their 1000
degree clay topped oven.
Website: www.veracipizza.com/cateringoverview.html
For our eduational
segment we have Sadie Kendall, of Kendall Farms the only creme fraiche
designed for chefs. It stays thick when boiled, stabilizes emulsions
(e.g., Hollandaise and Beurre blanc will not break or go grainy), and
whips to a lofty, stable foam (twice the volume of ordinary whipping
cream) that will not break or collapse. Because it is an emulsion, it
makes aromatics blossom. These functional properties have been tested
and confirmed by The CIA, Hyde Park. No other creme fraiche, especially
that you make yourself, can pass these rigorous tests. Please visit our
website, www.kendallfarmscremefraiche.com
and look especially at our CD (a PDF file) which is "Kendall Farms
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| OCTOBER SPECIAL EVENT |
BEST OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COMPETITION
October 11, 2010
at Le Cordon Bleu School, Tukwila
6PM - 7:30PM - Competition
7:30PM - Awards Ceremony
Washington State Chefs
Association is proud to present their annual "Best of the Pacific
Northwest" competition and this year it is crab cakes! On October 11th
we will be sampling some of the best crab cakes in the Northwest, so bring your
favorite recipe and compete for cash prizes in 3 different categories; Professional, Student,
and Food Enthusiast.
We are holding this event
at the new Le Cordon Bleu School in Tukwila on October 11th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
with the awards ceremony at 7:30pm.Contact Dan Lewark at lewark45@comcast.net to
register.
Entry Fee:
Professional - $50.00
Student- $35.00
Food Enthusiast - $25.00
Prizes:
Professional - $500
Student - $350
Enthusiast - $250
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
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Volunteers are needed to be on the Apprenticeship Committee to help plan out the year and the support of our apprentices. We also need chefs who are willing to teach some apprenticeship classes, or to have an apprentice in their kitchen. Please contact Apprentice Chair Sharlene Greendyk via email for questions or to volunteer. Contact Sharlene at:
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MEMBER NEWS!
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Rafael Jimenez
Ian Pecoraro
Pamela Chavez
Jeff Euteneier
Morgan Holly
Amanda Van Nguyen
Thuy Chu-Xuan Pham
William Wood
MEMBER OF THE MONTH JUNE - CHEF ROB NATHE
MEMBER OF THE MONTH JULY - SHARLENE GREENDYK
2010 Member of the MonthJANUARY - TAMAS RONYAIFEBRUARY - STEFANIE BRANICAAPRIL - JANET SHAFFER CWPCMAY - DAN LEWARK, CEC ACEJUNE - ROB NATHE2009
Member of the MonthJUNE - NANCY BEAUCHAMPSEPTEMBER - JOSH SCHIESSLOCTOBER - MARK LINDEN CEC AACNOVEMBER - TONY PARKER CECDECEMBER - JOHN FISHER CEC, CCE, AACClick here to view info for each Member of the MonthLooking for a job,
staff or business opportunity? Visit our Employment Page regularly. A great benefit of
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GOLF FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IS BACK!
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NEW 2010 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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Are you a
culinary student? Looking for some green?
During our May meeting we presented our 1st annual
Evelyn Enslow scholarship for $1,000.00 to South Seattle Community College
student Mark Delos Reyes. Mark plans on completing culinary and pastry degrees
and then his Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Management at SSCC, congratulation
Mark.
Our local America Academy of Chefs and our ACF
Washington State Chapter student scholarship applications are available online
and are due July 1, 2010. Our scholarship applications will be reviewed by our
chapter's trustees and the next scholarship, the Joseph Sir Scholarship, will be awarded at the September 13th
meeting. See our website for details.
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Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have ideas for the association.
Sincerely, Gary Fuller
Washington State Chefs Association
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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2-5, 2010ACF National Convention Anaheim, CA
August 9WSCA WRA Education Foundation Golf for Scholarships Looking for Foursomes Contact Lyle Hildahl for details Aug 16Board Meeting Only 4:00 PM AT Western Foodservice Marketing
September 13 Monthly Chapter Meeting Renton Technical College September 25Certification Testing Renton Technical
College Contact John Fisher for details at jfisher@rtc.eduOctober 11Special Event Best of Pacific Northwest Competition Contact lewark45@comcast.netto register November 8Monthly Chapter Meeting Elections Le Cordon Bleu, Tukwila December 13 Festive Dinner Seatac Doubletree Hotel
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2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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PRESIDENT
Gary Fuller CCE CEC AAC
VICE-PRESIDENT
Robert Nathe
TREASURER
Mark Linden CEC AAC
SECRETARY
Janet Shaffer CWPC
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Brian Date CEC
BOARD MEMBERS
John Fisher CCE CEC AAC
Michael Higgins CSC
Tony Parker CEC
Dan Lewark CEC
Tony Parker, CEC
Lyle Hildahl CFBE, FMP
Chris Plemmons, CEC, AAC
TRUSTEES
Darrell Anderson
CEC CCE AAC
Jim H. Douglas CEC CCE AAC
John Fisher CCE CEC AAC
Walter Bronowitz
CCC CEC AAC
Chris Plemmons CEC AAC
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