Top Chef

MEMORANDUM FOR 7TH Transportation Brigade Expeditionary (S-4, Brigade Food Service), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia 23604 SUBJECT: 2nd Quarter, FY 16, Top Chef Training Competition. 1. Purpose: To promote growth in the culinary profession with special attention to the tenets of modern culinary development-ability, practicality, nutrition, workmanship, economy, presentation, creativity, and concept. 2. On 21 April 2016 the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) will host the 2nd Quarter, FY16 Top Chef Training Competition. This competition will consist of the Jr/NCO winners from the 2nd Quarter Chef of the Quarter Board. Each competitor will select four Culinary Specialist to be his/her team members for the competition for a total of five competitors. On 14 April 2016 the three team leaders will turn in a complete menu with recipe cards, competitors name and rank. This information will be provided to MSG Akins, Orlando G. at the brigade S-4 office or via email to orlando.g.akins.mil@mail.mil, NLT 1700hrs on 14 April 2016. 3. On 20 April 2016 each team will be given three and a half hours to begin preparation of the team’s choice in the Resolute Café based on availability. Each team will be required to prepare ten servings of two types of cold pastries during…

Ever wonder who is cooking the food in the kitchens of America’s favorite restaurants? Anthony Bourdain answered this question in his article titled “Who Cooks?” Anthony Bourdain is a chef, writer and has been featured on some reality television shows. He discussed how the line cooks are not who most people think they are; they are not professionals but instead they are non-American men who cannot make it elsewhere according to his experience. Line cooking involves mindless repetition that not…

From dishwashers to servers, manager to chef, there are many different jobs in the culinary world. One of the few professions that you can start out at the bottom and work your way to the top is the culinary world. What are some culinary careers? In the culinary field there are numerous jobs a person could have, some are chef jobs, some are baking jobs, then there are the other misalliances culinary jobs. Without chefs we would never be able to go out to eat at restaurants. Some chef jobs…

Organizational Chart Job Description Executive Chef Culinary chef at the top of the hierarchy in a kitchen. They are responsible for ordering supplies, recipe and menu creation, accounting, staffing, and cooking. Executive chefs are usually mentors for other chefs and must maintain a professional demeanor. Sous Chef Culinary chef below the executive or head chef. They are responsible for planning and directing food preparation. Managing the kitchen staff, scheduling, and some administrative…

He’s trying to embrace the likelihood of the kitchen together. He wants to bring everyone together as like it was a whole family. Anthony inspires female chefs…

you combine them that sets you apart.” -Wolfgang Puck. According to dictionary.com, a chef is someone who is a professional cook, typically the chief cooks in a restaurant or hotel. The word chef comes from the french term chef de cuisine, which means director or head of the kitchen. The profession is getting “much more acclaim and and media attention than ever before” (Susan Meyer 9). When going into the culinary arts and becoming a chef, there are different chef titles that one can become.…

Chef Tony Mantuano is a James Beard award winner and the executive chef of Spiaggia. He is also half owner of the establishment and has been known in the culinary community for his outstanding work with traditional Italian food. His innovative ideas have kept the restaurant at the top of their game. He follows the rule of serving authentic Italian food, but makes sure to make it interesting and trendy. Although the food on his menu looks complex it is actually very simple. Chef Mantuano believes…

Long-term memories are what strongly defines who someone maintains to be, what they have accomplished, and what sets them apart from others. For Heston Blumenthal, a British chef born on May 27 of 1966 in Kensington, London, one of his deep memories goes back to a sunset afternoon in the Provençale restaurant, L'Oustau de Baumanière in southern France when he was sixteen(starchefs.com). According to the interview “Heston on His Passions and Influences And Why the Fat Duck Gets Better,” it was…

One Step for Culinary, Two Steps for Womankind Cooking has been around for centuries, but in modern times equipment, preparation, and even the food being prepared has changed. As technology and culture make advancements, so does the culinary world. However, it is also the job of chefs to turn food and the food world upside down. Although there are many jobs in the culinary field, I want to be a chef, as they differ from other careers in terms of education, salary, and working hours. In the…

these shows so popular? These shows are popular because they resonate with the culture in which they were founded. Specifically, each show has attributes that their culture values. For example, cooking shows, like Barefoot Contessa, prepare traditional, or well-known, foods of the show’s founding country in new ways. Other food shows, like Top Chef and The Great British Bake off, use competition – a reality TV of sorts – to connect with the culture that watches the show. Through…