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Blue
Plate Special
Personal Chefs: A Profession for the 21st Century
 Chef Candy
Wallace
San Diego, CA
Founder of American Personal Chef Association
Growing up with an
Eastern European grandmother whose accomplished culinary and
teaching skills were extraordinary, Candy Wallace knew quickly
that food was in her "blood." Later in her hometown of
Washington, D.C., Candy found herself in the midst of the
embassy and congressional dinner party circuit both entertaining
and attending the grandest dinner parties one could imagine.
Following her love for cooking and entertaining, Candy opened
"Taste," a successful party and catering business in the Los
Angeles area, and she completed the Masters Series Course at J. C.'s Kitchen Cooking School in San Diego.
Corporate America
took over and for the next twenty years, Candy found herself in
executive positions in sales, advertising and marketing. As
Executive Director of Fundraising Concepts, Inc. in Los Angeles,
Candy helped develop the "Carry the Torch" fund-raising campaign
for the U.S. and International Olympic Committees in preparation
for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Korea. This opportunity to
travel fueled her interest in world cuisines and her passion for
the food industry.
In 1992, after
retiring from the corporate world, Candy realized that she
needed to return to her life's loves, cooking and teaching. The
time constraints of busy professionals and meal preparation
intrigued Candy, and she viewed this as a creative opportunity
for chefs wanting more than foodservice and institutional
positions. Always the entrepreneur, Candy quickly formalized and
developed a new culinary career, and the Personal Chef was born!
Candy’s Personal Chef business "The Serving Spoon" in San Diego
operated full time for the next 3 years.
In 1995, Candy co-founded and launched the first Personal Chef Association and
Personal Chef Institute in San Diego. From business plans,
educational materials, standardized recipe software, and an
annual convention where Personal Chefs gather to learn and grow,
Candy soon became a key figure and mentor. In 1996, the American
Personal Chef Institute (APCI) began operation as the first
Personal Chef enterprise on the Internet, offering both training
and ongoing professional support. The American Personal Chef
Association (APCA) soon followed, and with over 3,000 members,
the rest, shall we say, is history! Don’t you need a Personal Chef
in your kitchen? Visit
http://www.PersonalChef.com to find out more about this
exciting new career!
You can reach
Candy Wallace at (800) 644-8389 or e-mail her at
chefcandy@personalchef.com.
Try Chef
Candy’s recipes for
Mainlanders
Poke (Seared Ahi Tuna) with Mango Cucumber Salsa and
Orange Cups
in our
Last Licks section. Her recipes are to
die for!
Chef Bryan Davis
Washington, D.C.
Personal Chef's "Capital Connection"
 Personal Chef Bryan
Davis is the owner and operator of The Really Good Food Company
that provides Personal Chef services in the metropolitan
Washington, D.C. area. Bryan is an honors graduate of L'Academie
de Cuisine, Washington, D.C.’s premier school of French culinary
arts training. In addition to more than 15 years of experience
in the restaurant business, he received further training and
experience at The Old Ebbit Grill and the nationally acclaimed
Red Sage restaurant, both in Washington, D.C.
Bryan and The
Really Good Food Company (which includes Bryan’s dad, Jim Davis)
provide catering services for small to medium sized dinner
parties (up to 20 people), cooking courses through the local
parks and recreation department and cooking class "parties" in
the home. You can reach Chef Bryan Davis at (301) 424 5429,
e-mail
davisb@reallygoodfoodonline.com or
visit his web site at
http://www.ReallyGoodFoodOnline.com.
Check out Chef Bryan Davis' recipes for
Champagne Poached
Salmon with Champagne Vanilla Sauce and
Chocolate Truffle
Cake in our Last Licks section.
Tuesday night in your house will never be the same with a
Personal Chef!
Chef Mike Sodaro
Downers Grove, IL
From Chemical Engineer to Personal Chef!
 Chef Mike
Sodaro grew up working in a small Italian restaurant and
immediately considered a culinary career. But life happens and
instead he earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Illinois and found himself working as an
Environmental Engineer in the corporate world. Ten years later,
his original culinary passion gnawing at him, Mike made a
decision that would change his life. He attended the Culinary
School at Kendall College in Evanston, IL. After graduation
Mike's goal was to control his own destiny to start and grow a
company of his own. In June of 1999, he and his wife Liz opened
Pinch of Thyme Personal Chefs in Downers Grove, IL. With three
years under their toques, and a thriving business, Mike also
finds time to serve as the Midwest Regional Director of the
American Personal Chef Association (APCA) and enjoys sharing his
experience and training new APCA members in the business of
"doing business" as a Personal Chef. Visit
http://www.pinchofthyme.com
or e-mail Chef Mike at
pinchofthyme@personalchef.com. You can also reach him at
(630) 795 0100.
Sample Chef Mike Sodaro's New Potato Salad with Vegetable
Confetti and Grand Marnier Strawberry Shortcake in
our Last Licks section.
Chef Jessica
Leibovich
Ocean Beach, CA
California Dreamin' with a Personal Chef
 Chef Jessica
Leibovich is only 26 years old, but she already has 10 years of
restaurant and catering experience behind her. With culinary
degrees from both Johnson and Wales University in South Carolina
and La Varenne in France, Jessica's personal passion is
preparing super fresh seafood specialties complemented by the
amazing variety of produce available all year from the local
farms of Southern CA. Jessica's clients enjoy "fine-dining" at
its best - right in their own homes! Jessica loves the beach
when she's not cooking. What a life!
Visit
Jessica's web site at
http://www.chefjessica.com, call her at
EntreeNous Personal Chef Service, (619) 316-2472 or e-mail
chefjessica@personalchef.com.
Sample a few of Chef
Jessica's creations, Soba Noodles with Chicken, Crunchy
Vegetables and Ginger Dressing and the delightfully
Decadent Chocolate Layer Cake with Warm Caramel Sauce and
Vanilla Ice Cream, in our Last Licks
section.
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