PRESIDENTS MESSAGE FROM TONY PARKER
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WSCA President Tony Parker CEC, ACE
October 2014
FSA Food Show
I would like to thank Lori and FSA for taking care of our board meeting on short notice this month. They were a little tired from their annual food show but made room for us. I would also like to thank FSA for giving us a booth to represent our chapter at the food show. This would not have been possible without the support of the chefs that gave their time to do demos and be at the booth answering questions and passing out brochures. A special thank you to Gary and Elaine for setting up and managing the booth and John Fisher for his support. A great job on demos from Matt and Chris on the FSA food stages.
October Board Meeting
At the board meeting we discussed the creation of a WSCA food truck. This truck will represent our chapter at community events and help support Chef and Child endeavors. Moneys from our building fund will be used to build this truck along with local sponsors that we are looking into now.
Annual Elections at November Holiday Meeting
Don't forget that we have our annual elections at our next meeting November 10th at the Marriott Sea-Tac. This is also our annual silent auction for the apprenticeship so please bring something to add to the auction to help support the apprenticeship program. Dan Lewark is the chairperson for the silent auction and Gary Fuller is the co-chair. Gary can be reached at [email protected]. For more details on this event, click here.
AAC Dinner
The 44th annual American Academy of Chefs Dinner will be held Saturday, November 1st, 2014 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. Please click here to get more information for this spectacular event. Chef Mark Linden is the contact for this. He can be reached by phone at 253-880-6686 or by e-mail: [email protected].
Korean Food Festival
WSCA is a sponsor of the 2014 Korean food festival held Friday October 31st at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue. The event runs from 1pm to 4pm Friday. Please come and support their first annual event showcasing Korean food and culture. Click here to view the flyer. This is an invitation only event, click here to register.
January 2015 Board Meeting
Our next meeting in January will be a board meeting following the ice carving seminar at Rainier Golf and Country club on Saturday the 17th at 2pm.
Presidents Awards Dinner
Our Presidents dinner will be held at Cedar Brook Lodge, 18525 36th Ave South Sea Tac, on February 9th. It promises to be a great dinner.
March 2015 Board Meeting
Our March board meeting will be held at Bates downtown campus.
Bite of Apprentice 2015
Our April dinner will be the Bite of Apprentice at RTC.
May 2015 Board Meeting
Our May board meeting will be at Le Cordon Bleu, Tukwila.
I hope to see you all at our Holiday dinner November 10th. Until then love, laugh out loud and enjoy the time we all have together.
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Tony Parker CEC, ACE
Washington State Chefs Association Website
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NOVEMBER 2014 HOLIDAY DINNER
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Holiday Dinner
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Apprentice Fundraiser Silent Auction
Date:
November 10th, 2014
Location:
3201 South 176th Street Seattle, Washington 98188
Times:
Board Meeting: 4-6PM
Reception & Silent Auction: 6-7PM
Dinner: 7-9PM
Price:
Student Members: $40
Members: $50
Non-Members: $60
Come meet the author:
Book signing with Chef Jamie Callison CEC ACE AAC Chef Callison will be signing his cookbook- The Crimson Spoon: Plating Regional Cuisine on the Palouse
Come join us for dinner and help support our ACF Washington State Chefs Association Apprenticeship Program. It is all happening on November 10th at the SeaTac Marriott! Don't miss our holiday dinner and silent auction. Also, annual elections will be held at this meeting. If you could bring some items for the auction that would be great! We are in need of gift cards, gift baskets, trips, hotel and casino packages, dinner gift certificates, and of course any culinary items. If you are able to procure a gift, please drop it off before the auction starts. We will be setting up at 4pm. The auction starts at 6pm during our reception and ends at 7pm.
See you at the Meeting!
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AAC DINNER - NOVEMBER 1, 2014
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Contact Mark Linden for reservations:
720 Seneca Street, Seattle, WA 98101
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2015 ICE CARVING 101
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Time:
9:30am - 1:30pm
Location:
Rainier Golf and Country Club
Benefiting:
Professional Culinarians
Student Culinarians
This educational seminar is available to Professional Chefs and Student Culinarians. This is a hands on approach to ice carving. Attendees will have the opportunity to use various equipment to grind, chisel and cut ice during this workshop.
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2014 CHOCOLATE COMPETITION
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The WSCA held the Salon Du Chocolat Competition on Saturday, September 27th, 2014, hosted by Le Cordon Bleu Seattle.
There was a Chocolate and Wine Tasting reception for spectators and competitors. Tae Tran was the grand prize winner receiving the trip to France.
The Salon Du Chocolat competition was a great success with about 70 people in attendance. Jennifer Sohonie from The Le Cordon Bleu College greatly welcomed our team. She was beyond helpful and was a tremendous support to us. We had very experienced Judges: Mark Pennington from Cacao Barry Canada, Tara Sedor, Executive Pastry Chef from Seattle Four Seasons, and Michel Lallaison, Pastry Chef from France. No travel or accommodation expenses for judges were spent on behalf of the Chefs Association. Because of the generous donations from our sponsors, we were able to save a few thousand dollars for the WSCA Scholarship Fund even with a budget of $7000 for prizes for the 6 winners.
The Wine and Chocolate Reception hosted by Washington State Wines from Bainbridge Island was very popular. Also, the amazing products from Two Snooty chefs were well received from the public.
To view the slideshow and more details,
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MEMBER NEWS!
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Welcome New Members!
Devona Melgar Drew Novich Charane Poyorena Manuel Rivera
Looking for a job, staff or business opportunity?
We receive new job openings and resumes all the time.
Members can post their resumes or job openings for free. We also have culinary related classified ads which are free for members to post.
2013 Member Spotlight
FEBRUARY - JENNIFER SOHONIE
2012 Member Spotlight
OCTOBER - MATTHEW DIMEO JUNE - CHRIS BOWENS MAY - JEFF PRATT APRIL - RICH HILL
MARCH - HILDE KORSMO
2011 Member Spotlight
JANUARY - KRISTA NAKUMURA
FEBRUARY - KARL HUTTER
MARCH - LINDA STRONG
JUNE - BRUCE BONHOLZER
AUGUST - JEFF DUNCAN SEPTEMBER - DENISE FARKAS OCTOBER - STEVEN SCHRADER NOVEMBER - MICHAEL BALDWIN DECEMBER - TONY SUMPTER
2010 Member Spotlight
JANUARY - TAMAS RONYAIFEBRUARY - STEFANIE BRANICAAPRIL - JANET SHAFFER CWPCMAY - DAN LEWARK, CEC ACEJUNE - ROB NATHEJULY - SHARLENE GREENDYKSEPTEMBER - KEVIN BLAYLOCKOCTOBER - CHRIS PLEMMONS NOVEMBER - WALTER BRONOWITZ DECEMBER - HOLLI YU
2009 Member Spotlight JUNE - NANCY BEAUCHAMPSEPTEMBER - JOSH SCHIESSLOCTOBER - MARK LINDEN CEC AACNOVEMBER - TONY PARKER CECDECEMBER - JOHN FISHER CEC, CCE, AAC
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STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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Are you a culinary student? Looking for some green?
Our local American Academy of Chefs and our ACF Washington State Chapter student scholarship applications are available online. To find out when our next scholarship will be awarded and the application due dates please visit 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,
Tony Parker
Washington State Chefs Association
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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2014
October 31, 2014
Korean Food Festival
Hyatt Regency Hotel Bellevue, WA
View Flyer Register
November 1, 2014
AAC Dinner
Semiahoo Resort
Blaine, WA Click for details
November 10th, 2014 Holiday Dinner & Silent Auction SeaTac Marriot Click for details
January 17th, 2015
Ice Carving 101 Click for details
January 17th, 2015
Board Meeting Immediately following the Ice Carving Event
2pm
February 9th, 2015
Presidents Awards Dinner
Cedar Brook Lodge SeaTac, WA
March 9th, 2015
March Board Meeting Bates Technical College Downtown Campus
April 2015
Bite of Apprentice Renton Technical College
May 11, 2015
May Board Meeting
Le Cordon Bleu Tukwila, WA
May 2015
Culinary Salon Comp Bellingham Technical College
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Press Releases
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We added a new page for WSCA Press Releases with information on important news and events within the Washington State Chefs Association.
Click here to view the Press Release page
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2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
| PRESIDENT Tony Parker CEC ACE
VICE-PRESIDENT Dan Lewark CEC CCA
TREASURER Jeff Pratt
SECRETARY Janet Shaffer CWPC
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Mark Linden CEC AAC
BOARD MEMBERS Gary Fuller CEC CCE AAC Jeff Pratt Steven Schrader CCA Kevin Blaylock CEC, CSCE, CCA Michael Baldwin CEC CCE Lori Taylor Jeffrey Duncan Tamas Ronyai
TRUSTEES Jim H. Douglas CEC CCE AAC Walter Bronowitz CCC CEC AAC John Fisher CEC CCE AAC Chris Plemmons CEC AAC Karl Hutter
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