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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Thomas KovacsPike Street Cafe, Sheraton SeattleSeattle WA Thomas Kovacs was born in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, and attended grammar and high school in Budapest, Hungary. He speaks Hungarian, German, Spanish, Russian, English, and a little Japanese for good measure. In the course of his career, he’s used them all. Kovacs trained in Budapest and worked at the [...]
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Tags: Bohemian Club, Brennan Family, Budapest Hungary, Castle Lodge, Culinary Awards, Culinary Competitions, Fairmont Hotel, Frozen Food Company, Gellert Hotel, Guatemala City Guatemala, Hotel Atlantic Hamburg, Hotel Eden, Hotel Frankfurt, Hotel Gellert, Little Rock Arkansas, Mid Seventies, Poultry Company, Rustler Lodge, Sheraton Seattle, Working In Texas
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Manfred BuchingerHotel Inter-Continental ViennaVienna, Austriahttp://www.vienna.intercontinental.com Born in Vienna, Manfred Buchinger now presides over the kitchen of this elegant Viennese hotel, situated just across the street from Stadtpark. In the European tradition, he apprenticed in his teens, working at Restaurant Lugeck in Vienna. He then began learning through a series of positions, as a chef [...]
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Tags: Buchinger, Creative Cookery, Culinary Competitions, Dalai Lama, European Tradition, Gerard Boyer, Gold And Silver, Head Chef, Hotel In Paris, Hotel Inter Continental, International Chefs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nurejev, Paco Rabanne, Restaurant Opera, Richard Burton, Rsquo, Silver Awards, Tony Burns, Vienna Austria
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Penny PlunkettLa Maison des GourmetsDublin, Irelandtaped at Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin Penny Plunkett was the first Irish girl to come to work in the kitchen at Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud. Starting as an apprentice in 1993, she had trained at the Cathal Brough Street Catering College in Dublin before coming to the Dublin institution. Plunkett had [...]
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Tags: Apprentice, Brough, Cakes, Cathal, Chef Patrick, Creating A Stir, Culinary Competitions, Dublin Ireland, Dubliner Magazine, Gourmets, Great Chefs, Head Chef, Irish Girl, Penny Penny, Plunkett, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Rsquo, Second Head, Star Restaurant, Tarts
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Jean-Louis Neichel Neichel in Barcelona Barcelona, Spain http://www.relaischateaux.com/neichel Jean-Louis and Evelin Neichel welcome guests to their elegantly modern dining room, a setting which has won an award for its design. Located in the residential Pedralbes district, the restaurant looks out onto a garden. With Jean-Louis in the kitchen and Evelin making guests comfortable, Neichel offers [...]
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Tags: Alain Chapel, Barcelona Spain, Bulli, Colmar Hotel, Culinary Competitions, Culinary Field, Fine Cuisine, Fish And Shellfish, Gaston Lenotre, Growing Family, Hotel School, Hotel Schools, Icirc, Neichel, Oil Fish, Patisserie, Relaischateaux, Restaurants In Spain, Watercolorist, Welcome Guests
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Stig Henriksen Stig’s Restaurant Tonder, Denmark Stig Henriksen started cooking when he was only – 6. After years of practicing on his family, it seemed only natural that he become an apprentice when he reached 15. After only four years of training, he was offered a position – as head chef at The Danish Club [...]
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Tags: Apprentice, Chefs, Cooking, Culinary Competitions, Danish Club, Denmark, Gold Medals, Guinness Book Of Records, Head Chef, Henriksen, Palate, Passion, Pride, Robert Carrier, Rose, Savoy Hotel, Sheraton, Stig, Tonder, Wine List
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Victor Gielisse, CMC, CFBE, MBA CFT/Culinary Fast -Trac Dallas TX Victor Gielisse, who hails from The Netherlands, studied at Technical College Hotel School, Lammgroen, in The Hague. He apprenticed at Kurhaus Hotel, Scheveningen; Bad Hotel, Scheveningen; and Corner House, The Hague, all in The Netherlands. – In addition to working with fine chefs during the [...]
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Tags: Acute Experience, Adolphus Hotel In Dallas, American Frozen Foods, California Coast College, Cfbe, Culinary College, Culinary Competitions, Culinary Institute Of America, Dobbs International Services, Exxon Corporation, James Beard Awards, Ketchum Communications, Kraft Foods, Magna Cum Laude, Salon Culinaire, Tyson Foods, United Airlines, Victor Gielisse, Victor Victor, Westin Oaks
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Chris Northmore Everglades Club, Palm Beach FL taped at Cherokee Town & Country Club Atlanta GA When taped for Great Chefs Chris Northmore was the executive pastry chef at Atlanta´s popularCherokee Town & Country Club. Now he is at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Northmore inherited his creative eye from his commercial photographer [...]
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Tags: American Culinary Federation, Artistic Eye, Chef Certification, Cherokee Town, Club Palm Beach, Commercial Photographer, Creative Eye, Culinary Competitions, Culinary Institute Of America, Culinary Olympics, Eastern Michigan University, Executive Pastry Chef, Fairmont Hotel, Food Competition, Great Chefs, Hyde Park, Omni Hotel, Palm Beach Florida, Pastry Shop, Two And A Half Years
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