MESSAGE FROM WSCA PRESIDENT, GARY FULLER
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MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Gary Fuller, CCE CEC AAC December 2010
December WSCA Meeting Come join us for our Holiday Silent Auction and Dinner Celebration on Monday, December 13, 2010, at Doubletree SeaTac. Award winning Chef Bruce Fry CEC has planned a seasonal dinner for our tasting. Please invite your friends and loved ones to partake in our annual event. Visit the WSCA Meetings page to make a reservation.
Items needed for our Silent Auction: If you have cookbooks, gift baskets, specialty food and other culinary items; please bring your silent auction items early so we can prepare the bid sheets. See Jeff Pratt and/or email Jeff to let him know. jpratt@tacomagoodwill.org October Meeting
Thank you Chef Bob Mauer for the great October educational meeting we had at Tacoma Bargreen Ellingson. Bob and his group served up a tasty menu. The manufacture reps helped educating us on the newest trends on gas, wood and electrical ovens. Thank you Frank Milward from WoodStone Oven and Josper Charcoal Oven and Grill. Reps from Northwest Britain and Jason Pahlman, AltoShaam Combi operated by Robin Oury and Larry Jake of Pro Pacific Amana AXP-20 high speed oven, operated by Bill Kelly of Kelly Minks. We appreciate you all for showing us some of the newest in restaurant equipment available. Congratulations New Board members and Officers for 2011 and 2012. Dan Lewark Vice President, Tony Parker Treasurer, and board members Steve Lammers, Steven Schrader, Jeff Pratt, Kevin Baylock, and Michael Baldwin. Foundation donations: Thank you Executive Chef Chris Mills from Joey Grill/Lounge for donating to our scholarship foundation. Apprenticeship We need help with volunteers, new committee members and sponsoring restaurants and hotels. Please contact our Apprenticeship Chair Sharlene Greendyk at OnTheRn247@aol.com for more information Chapter Positions Openings: membership chair, associate members and golf tournament chairperson. If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact me at garylf3@wavecable.com Hope to see you at the December meeting. Happy Holidays to All! Join us on WE ARE CHEFS and FACEBOOK
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DECEMBER MONTHLY MEETING
December 13, 2010
at Doubletree Seatac
Board Meeting - 4pm-6pm Silent Auction & Reception - 6:00PM-7:00PM Dinner - 7:00PM-8:30PM
WSCA Meeting Price: Students - $30 Members - $35 Non-members - $40
Make a meeting reservation online...
Come join us for our Holiday Silent Auction and Dinner Celebration Our award winning Chef Bruce Fry CEC has planned a seasonal dinner for our tasting Please invite your friends and love ones to partake in our annual event All proceeds go to our educational fund
Meeting Menu
Melting Pot Reception Chinese barbequed duck, Peking pancake, ponzu sauce Fire roasted veggie kabob, mint and cumin dip Coconut crust chicken, Thai peanut sauce Seared sea scallop tequila-pear cocktail Pablano chili, pomegranate and fresh cheese, tortilla crisp Cedar roasted portabella, mint and goat cheese bruschetta Cumin spiced beef steak mole, plantain crisp Northwestern Late Fall Comfort Dinner Savory Pumpkin Tortellini walnut, cranberry, sage, Alferdo crème Wild Salmon Gravlax Snoqualmie smoked salt and maple cure, onion jam, fennel slaw, black rye canapé Draper Valley Chicken Dungeness in hazelnut crust, pacific crab, artichoke and thyme; baby spinach, citrus-chive butter Spiced Pecan Salad Skagit Valley natural greens, winter pear, herb crust goat cheese, hard cider vinaigrette Winter Pot Au Feu veal,beef,rabbit and pheasant; vegetable roots, squash dumplings, clear jus Dessert Tasting Panna Cotta,Pomagrante Parfait Ginger-Spiced, Yam Cup Cake Peppermint Truffle Espresso Coffee Nudge
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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: OnTheRn247@aol.com |
MEMBER NEWS!
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Chris Moreno Michael McLaughlin Matthew Conquergood Richard Carpenter
MEMBER OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER - WALTER BRONOWITZ
2010 Member of the MonthJANUARY - TAMAS RONYAIFEBRUARY - STEFANIE BRANICAAPRIL - JANET SHAFFER CWPCMAY - DAN LEWARK, CEC ACEJUNE - ROB NATHEJULY - SHARLENE GREENDYKSEPTEMBER - KEVIN BLAYLOCKOCTOBER - CHRIS PLEMMONS2009 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 membership!
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NEW 2010 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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Are you a
culinary student? Looking for some green?
During our September meeting we will be presenting our annual Joseph Sir scholarship. Our local America Academy of Chefs and our ACF
Washington State Chapter student scholarship applications are available online. The next Scholarship, Darrell Anderson Scholarship, is due November 15, 2010. Our scholarship applications will be reviewed by our
chapter's trustees and the Darrell Anderson Scholarship, will be awarded at the December 13th
meeting. See the scholarships page on 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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2010December 13
WSCA Meeting Festive Dinner & Silent Auction Seatac Doubletree Hotel View more details here2011
January 10th WSCA Meeting Tacoma Goodwill
February 7th WSCA Meeting Radisson Hotel Gateway Seattle-Tacoma Airport
March 14th WSCA Meeting Columbia Tower - Seattle
June 13th
WSCA Meeting Muckleshoot Casino
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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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