Chefs Helping Chefs at the 12th Annual Antigua Barbuda Mango Pineapple Culinary Competition. Congratulations to all the chefs that participated. It was a great event and I was proud to be part of it.
Chefs Helping Chefs – Your One Stop Shop As many of you know, Chefs Helping Chefs have been providing training and consulting throughout Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Just in the past year, our team has worked with 12 – 15 different properties, have conducted over 500 Level 3 HACCP/ServSafe Food Protection Manager’s training and certification. We have worked with revising menus and recipes, trained the Culinary teams on preparation and presentation. Chefs Helping Chefs can provide just about any…
Welcome Jamaal Bowen Has over 12 years of experience in the Food and Beverage industry, steadily working his way from assistant waiter to bartender and now is the Resident Mixologist at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. For two years (2012 – 2014) he was also the Regional Brand Ambassador for Angostura Aromatic Bitters, in charge of training and development within the region for their rums and bitters portfolio. Through dedication, determination, long hours of hard work and training, Jamaal…
Manfred Schmidtke CEPC, CMB It all started as a small child on a bike. I delivered fresh hot rolls with fresh milk to people in my town which was a small quaint village in Northern Germany. The rolls inspired my career as a Certified Master Baker and Executive Pastry Chef. I became inquisitive about those hot rolls. Therefore, I decided to pursue a career as a pastry chef. I have been in the baking and pastry business for over 35…
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