Chef Tim Voted USPCA Personal Chef of the Year

Hi All

On July 30, 31 and August 1, 2010 I attended the USPCA National Conference in Denver Colorado. It was a great weekend of sharing knowledge and learning some new tricks of the trade from fellow chefs.

The highlight of the weekend for me came on Friday lunch when I was voted Personal Chef of the Year by my fellow chefs from across Canada and the United States!
I am humbled and thrilled to have won this award. I feel very blessed and lucky to do what I do.

Here is a listing of the criteria for which the award was based upon:

We are looking for a chef that exemplifies the professional personal chef.
A chef who takes pride in their business and shares their time and knowledge with others.
A chef who is loved by their clients and respected by their peers.

Candidates should have some or all of the following attributes:
They have expanded or innovated their personal chef business in new ways.
They have a great base of clients and local reputation for service.
They excel in marketing themselves in multiple ways.
They promote the personal chef industry.
They have taken an interest in other chefs and have mentored and guided them to develop successful businesses.
They have been recognized with any type of local or national award.
They are active with charities or volunteer to help others.
We are also looking for chefs that have taken their business to new places or started offering new types of services.

Just wanted to share my good news with all of you.

I taught a class on taking your business to the next level.

I also participated in the Chef's Knockout Competition as a Sous chef, along with fellow Canadian chef Jan Cooper Webb to our Head Chef fellow Canadian Dean Mitchell. We unfortunately lost by a very narrow margin, but a good time was had by all.

Cheers!