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Seasonal Chef

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Chef Jobs, On The Job, Senior Chefs, TemporaryChef Services

Seasonal resorts and food service operations face culinary staffing issues that can be tough to address due to the short employment span. Personnel retention,   year to year continuity,   and competence deficiencies are three of the biggest issues. TemporaryChef.com offers a solution. 1)  Reliable full season commitment. 2)  Mature career Chefs experienced in purchasing [...]

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Food-Borne Illness………Are You Safe?

April 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Commentary, Food, Healthy Eating, On The Job, Our Environment, TemporaryChef Services

Food service and food retailers are engaged in a battle for your health. I recently received a gift box of some of my favorite noshes, a fantastic collection of bar chocolates and a big bag of pistachios.  The chocolates now decorate my waistline, but the pistachios……………………..they sit on my counter, untouched.   I adore pistachios but [...]

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The Art of Food & A New Showcase – Deep Plate

April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chef Jobs, Commentary, Food, On The Job

Art Culinaire began showcasing the visual art of talented Chefs more than 20 years ago.  There have been other magazines,  some websites,  numerous newspapers and journals, prior to, and after that. In the opening days of 2009  Deep Plate quietly quietly launched what is, in my mind’s eye, the best media presentation of the styles [...]

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Web 2.0 and The Foodservice Industry…… or Taco Twitter

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Chef Jobs, Commentary, Food, Local Food, On The Job

Start with two top notch Chefs – add an offbeat fusion menu ( Korean Tacos) – mix in social networking and guerilla marketing -  microblogging -  Japanese dancehall reggae audio – stick the entire concept on wheels and you end up with: The Kogi Korean Taco Truck One dark and stormy night Mark Manguera, an [...]

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Foodservice East Finds TemporaryChef.com

March 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Chef Jobs, Commentary, On The Job, Senior Chefs, TemporaryChef Services

Susan Holaday,  Editor & Publisher of Foodservice East,  the B2B Publication of the $ 80 Billion Northeast Foodservice Industry, interviewed TemporaryChef.com founder Paul W. Green CDC and published the following article in the Spring, 2009 issue. Chef Paul Green meets a marketplace need with a website that places “temporary chefs” TUFTONBORO, NH – A lifelong [...]

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Got Cake ?

March 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food, On The Job

Please allow me to introduce Anne Heap, a pastry Chef who is literally, “the icing on the cake.”  She opened Pink Cake Box in 2005 and has been featured in a library of magazines & newspapers, and had television exposure with Martha Stewarts The Art of  Wedding Cakes II and two Food Network Cake Challenges. [...]

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Nation’s Restaurant News Finds a Chef

January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chef Jobs, Commentary, On The Job, Senior Chefs, Uncategorized

Dina Berta caught me in the office a few weeks ago and found the concept of per diem Chef services interesting enough to write an article about us in Nation’s Restaurant News. The benefits of temporary Chef services are apparent to large food service operations like Aramark, Sodexo, or Compass.  The costs of hiring and [...]

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Superbug C.diff Suggested in 40 % of Packaged Meats

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Commentary, On The Job

Keeping a sanitary kitchen is paramount for all of us in the food service industry.  As professional Chefs we are on the front lines in that battle.  The Wausau Daily Herald reported on an outbreak of food-borne illness that sickened 40 to 50 people and might be linked to food served at a high school [...]

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Sharp Knives and Passport

October 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chef Jobs, Commentary, On The Job, Senior Chefs, TemporaryChef Services

We are professional Chefs with the maturity, talent, experience and discretion to handle your short-term needs with panache whatever they might be. TemporaryChef is ready to be of service when your need is immediate. Anywhere in the world. Any time. If you employ a private Chef who becomes indisposed – we are packed and prepared [...]

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My Dark Sin

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Commentary, On The Job

It’s early morning as I check my email and give thought to putting the day into some kind of order.  I need to take my recyclables to the transfer station,  make plans for my gorilla marketing campaign for the next week, and deal with my bookkeeping.  I know, I know, it’s not such heady stuff [...]

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