Congratulations to Chef Anton Doos, CEC and Chef Jeffrey Rotz, CEC, CCE, AAC who recently completed their Foodservice Management Professional (FMP). Chefs Helping Chefs team are always working to improve their skills to give our customers the best available information.
Fredrick Gayle CEC Executive Chef, Meliá Braco Village Born in a small district called Friendship, Strawberry in the parish of Westmoreland, Fredrick Gayle attended the Strawberry All Age School and was awarded a space at Frome Secondary School now Frome Technical High School. Chef Gayle started working in the hotel industry at the Half Moon Beach Resort and Spa in 1986 at the age of 18 years as a dishwasher. While in that capacity, Fredrick’s zest for knowledge and love for…
Welcome Chef Garfield Victor, CFMP to Chefs Helping Chefs Garfield has been shaping Caribbean and international cuisine for over 15 years. A native of Barbados, Garfield’s culinary style is rooted in the Caribbean. His introduction to the world of culinary arts began at the age of His experience afforded him gold medals in 2001and 2002 at World Food Day Cook Off, Barbados and silver medals at the World Food Day Black Belly Sheep Competition in 2000 and Taste of the Caribbean,…
Congratulations to Team Bahamas for winning the Team of the Year. Chef Peter Edey hosted the 3rd Annual Caribbean Junior Duelling Challenge. The challenge was held at the Culinary Arena at the Dining Club Located in Newton Industrial Estate, Christ Church, Barbados. T’Nique Brown & Rico Neely proudly represented the Bahamas and were simply fantastic. The team was coached by Chef Carla Barr & Chef Keisha Bonimy. The Challenge was part of the Junior Caribbean Culinary Conference http://duellingchallenge.net/Caribbean/ Chefs Helping Chefs and…
Princess Hotels & Resort – Playa del Carmen Mexico We just finished our first visit to the Grand Riviera Princess & Grand Riviera Princess All Suites & Spa Resort. It was a great visit. Thanks to Chef David Ivey-Soto and Chef Bernd Mueller we were able to complete over 1500 training hours to over 100 food n& beverage staff members. A special thanks go out to Erika Morales, Training Manager; Chef Antonio, Executive Chef; Christian Alfaro, Administrative assistant for their…
For your Planning – Chefs Helping Chefs will be at this year’s 20th America’s Food & Beverage Show & Conference in Miami. Plan to visit Chef Jeff & the team at Booth 110 on September 26 & 27. More information to follow! www.chefshelpingchefs.com September 26-27, 2016 – Booth 110 Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall C 1901 Convention Center Drive Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Jeff Call, CEC, FMP Jeff Call, Corporate Chef for Concessions International is responsible for new menu development execution for the CI brands, work closely with national brands on adapting their concepts to airport environments, developing and monitoring LTO specials for all airports, and quarterly QA inspections. He brings more than 30 years’ experience in the Food and Beverage industries. Jeff’s culinary career began in like most at the age of 15, working in a church dining hall on Wednesday nights….
Bernd Mueller is a German national. He is a permanent resident since 1979 in the US. He was educated in his native home town Bensheim, Germany. His years of apprenticing and learning Culinary Art and Science took him from Germany’s highly regarded hotel and restaurants to a short but intense cooking tour through France with Paul Bocuse in Lyon and Roger Verge at Le Moulin de Mougins in Nizza. He held various executive chefs position with prestige international hotel chains…
David Ivey-Soto MBA, CEC®, CCA® has diverse industry experience of over twenty-five years in fourteen countries on five continents has provided him with insights into the foodservice industry and the experience to share his expertise. He is a former National Secretary of the American Culinary Federation serving on its Board of Directors. Chef David has been featured in National Culinary Review, ESPN The Magazine, Freekick, The Daily News of the Virgin Islands, Newsweek, The Washington Post, among other publications and…
Chef Jeff and Chef Matthew had a lovely week at The Landings in St. Lucia working with their staff and management. Over 300 hours of training were completed throughout the week and they finished off their visit by hosting a Culinary Competition for the back of the house staff. Everyone did fantastic! Big Congratulations going out to the overall winners: Team Victory. Here are the teams that competed: Team Victory: …