WASHINGTON STATE CHEFS ASSOCIATION
JUNE 2013 NEWSLETTER

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Message from WSCA President Mark Linden
June 2013 WSCA Meeting
Member News
Scholarships

MESSAGE FROM WSCA PRESIDENT, MARK LINDEN



Mark Linden, CEC AAC

JUNE 2013

 

From the Range

 

Greetings Fellow Culinarians and Associates

A special thanks to Chef Jeff Euteneier for his insightful demonstration on braising techniques and a comparison to Sous vide. It is surprising how many times we lapse into culinary methods as a means to get something done due to time constraints and it then becomes an ingrained habit. It was refreshing to hear of the positive benefits to carmalization and reduction as the key to flavor development. The end result was a very tasteful dish made entirely possible by proper techniques. Thanks again Chef. Our congratulations to Chef Jennifer Sohonie on the birth of their child.


Culinary Salon Competition & Certification Practical Exam 

May 5th brought to us a very successful culinary salon and certification practical exam. Three chefs presented to us their menus for the practical exam and all three successfully passed. Dawn Gray of Sun Mountain Lodge passed here CSC exam, Shawn Boling of 12 Baskets Catering passed his CEC exam and Jean Rene Thiery  of le Cordon Bleu passed his CEPC exam. A great effort was accomplished by all three and we welcome them to the ranks of certified chefs. We saw some very organized work and tasted some wonderful food. It was obvious a great deal ot time and energy went into each of their efforts.


Our annual culinary salon was held at the same time and we thank all who participated to make this event possible. Our judges were Chefs John Fisher, Doug Fisher and Franz Popperal as well as Chef Roland Henin. In the F-1 Category earning gold medals were Michael Baldwin (as well as in A-3), and Gilbert Roderiguez. Earning silver medals were Chris Bowens and Jeff Euteneier. In the K-9 category we had Kelly Sasuga with a silver medal, in category D Karen Neugebauer and Josh DoRion with bronze medals. In the student categories with bronze medals were Troy Jones, Aliccia Better, Christopher Davis, Connor Whaley, Kris Kim, Jordon Richendefer. Earning a silver was Christopher Ranwell. In the K-1 Category Anita Alten with a bronze and Kelly Sasuga with a gold. P-2 produced a silver for Ashareen Ritter and a gold for Marisela Vidala. Our toques off to these competitors. It takes a lot of personal time and energy to compete as well as nerves of steel. Congratulations again. To our many volunteers we could not have done it without you as well.


The Darrell Anderson Archives
I am pleased to let you know of an important achievement in our chapter. If you are ever at Renton Technical College and have a few minutes take a look at the Darrell Anderson Archives.  In 2007, Darrell Anderson, chef and culinary educator, donated his papers and other artifacts (trophies, commemorative plates, etc.) to Renton Technical College, to create the Darrell Anderson Culinary Archives.

 

The contents of the archive include: 

  • Historical information on Washington State culinary organizations
  • Information about national culinary organizations, including the American Culinary Federation
  • Menus
  • Thousands of recipes
  • Information on cooking techniques
  • Trophies, award plaques, ACF commemorative plates, etc. 

The archive is housed in Renton Technical College Library, and is open when the library is open.  For more information, call (425) 235-2331, or visit the archive online.

 

The culinary archives main page is: 
http://www.rtc.edu/library/CulArchives.htm

 

And the online archives, with images of a very small part of the collection is: http://cdm16320.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/

 

June 2013 WSCA Meeting

Our next meeting will be a special appreciation event for all of our chapter members who have helped us this year with Special Olympics and the 2013 Washington Governors Inaugural Ball. We are being hosted by Muckleshoot Casino. It is a free event for our volunteers, so please come fellowship with al of us as a way for us to say thank you to al that you do for us as a chapter. The menu will feature many action stations with a wide variety of food being served. Please make plans to be there with all of us.   

 

Unique Employment Opportunities

We have been presented with a great overview of the food service program at Century Link Field (home of the Seahawks and Sounders) by Chef Pascal Beaute. Delaware North Companies is offering career opportunities within the sportservice industry. Truly an exciting chance to develop great line skills, organizational habits and have fun while you are at it and see a few games for free. Contact Chef Beaute at pbeaute@dncinc.comYou can also learn about the company at www.delawarenorth.comOur very own Roland Henin CMC also works for this company. Click here for more information. 

 

Join us on WE ARE CHEFS and FACEBOOK

 

Gouter a la Cuisine
Mark Linden CEC ACE AAC

 

Washington State Chefs Association Website

 

JUNE 2013 WSCA MEETING
 

JUNE 2013 WSCA MEETING 

June 10th, 2013


Times:
Board Meeting: 4-6PM
General Meeting(Chinook Room): 6-8PM
 
Location:
Muckleshoot Casino
2402 Auburn Way S., Auburn WA 98002 
 
 
Price:
Students/Junior Members: Free
Members: Free Associates and Non-Members: $20

  

This meeting will be a special appreciation event for all of our chapter members who have helped us this year with Special Olympics and the 2013 Washington Governors Inaugural Ball. We are being hosted by Muckleshoot Casino. It is a free event for our volunteers, so please come fellowship with all of us as a way for us to say thank you to all that you do for us as a chapter. The menu will feature many action stations with a wide variety of food being served. 

Please make a reservation for this event by June 5th so we know how many are coming. Send reservation info to Steven.Schrader@luckyeagle.com
 

For more info or to pay online,
visit the Meetings page.  

  

 

MEMBER NEWS!
 
Welcome New Members!
Faye Engle
Evan Garrard
Rachel Christensen
Russell Ingram
Blas Avalos 
 
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. 
 

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 RONYAI
FEBRUARY - STEFANIE BRANICA
APRIL - JANET SHAFFER CWPC
MAY - DAN LEWARK, CEC ACE
JUNE  - ROB NATHE
JULY - SHARLENE GREENDYK
SEPTEMBER - KEVIN BLAYLOCK
OCTOBER - CHRIS PLEMMONS
NOVEMBER - WALTER BRONOWITZ
DECEMBER - HOLLI YU

2009 Member Spotlight

JUNE - NANCY BEAUCHAMP
SEPTEMBER - JOSH SCHIESSL
OCTOBER - MARK LINDEN CEC AAC
NOVEMBER - TONY PARKER CEC
DECEMBER - JOHN FISHER CEC, CCE, AAC

Click here to view each Member Spotlight

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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.

Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have ideas for the association.   

 

Sincerely,

 

Mark Linden
Washington State Chefs Association 
  
UPCOMING EVENTS
2013

 

May 30th-31st, 2013

Special Olympics Fundraiser
Renton Technical College 
 
June 10th, 2013
WSCA Meeting
Volunteer Appreciation Event
Muckleshoot Casino
Auburn, WA
Click for details... 
 
July 2013
ACF National Convention
No WSCA Meeting 
 
August 2013
No meeting
Board Planning Retreat 
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2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Mark Linden CEC AAC

VICE-PRESIDENT 
Dan Lewark CEC CCA

TREASURER
Jeff Pratt

SECRETARY
Janet Shaffer CWPC

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Gary Fuller CEC CCE AAC

BOARD MEMBERS
Jeff Pratt
Steven Schrader CCA
Kevin Blaylock CEC, CSCE, CCA
Michael Baldwin CEC CCE
Lori Taylor
Jeffrey Duncan

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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