Coast Guard Culinary Competition
U.S. Coast Guard | FS1 Stacey Russell | October 20, 2008
A little background on the competition.
My command and I have talked on several occasions about the possibility of us hosting a cooking competition. I recently received
orders to the CGC Eagle and I depart on 31 Oct. I thought there was no better time than the present to put on the competition.
This was definitely a learning process for me and I enjoyed EVERY minute of it. I can't wait to put on another one. I felt an
overwhelmingly amount pride and joy watching not only my FS staff compete but a broad spectrum of culinary experts from the
Coast Guard to the Navy. Wow is all I can say. They left me speechless.
The Navy showed up to the competition with two teams and like us in their competition took First and Second Place. The SEC
Long Island Sound galley team came in 3rd. The first place team was comprised of two SN CS CSSN Daughtry and CSSN Custen.
A big congrats two those two junior personnel they came in and rocked the competition. Second place was comprised of CS1
Price and CSSN Andersen. Third place was FS2 Nardo and FS3 Scott. I am very proud of all of these teams they impressed not
only each other but the judges as well. This was a mystery basket competition; however they were emailed a few days ahead of
the competition with what they were receiving to ensure the best success possible. They got anything from Whole turkey Breast to
Mussels. They had to come up with a salad course followed by a pasta protein course. We were looking for creativity, sanitation,
team work, presentation, and flow of the meal. All the teams really met all the criteria, above and beyond if you ask me or any of
the judges for that matter.
This event could not have been possible without our sponsors which were in no particular order:
Map Food Service
Roland Products
House of Raeford Turkey
Carlas Pasta
Nestle Food Service
Minors
MDG Marketing
Nuovo Pasta
Performance Food Group
West Creek Produce
Mcormick Spices
Photos by Janeen was gracious enough to offer her talents and take awesome pictures of the event. Thank You Janeen
Pietraszkiewicz.
The following personnel were judges and trainers at the event a big thank you to these talented and knowledgeable personnel.
Please forgive me if I have forgotten anyone who contributed to the overall success of this event. Sponsors or otherwise.
Richard Fletcher
Anthony Mascola
Alice Slate
CDR Chris Lund
FSCM Stacey Zimmerman
CS1 Kyle Kupiszewski
FS1 Stacey Russell
The following were all the personnel present for the competition and which commands they were representing.
CSSN Jonathon Daughtry, USS Hawaii
CSSN Samuel Custen, USS Hawaii
CS1 Enjay Price, Cross Hall Galley Groton Sub base
CSSN Jeremy Andersen, Cross Hall Galley Groton Sub Base
FS2 Alex Nardo, SEC Long Island Sound
FS3 Keith Scott, SEC Long Island Sound
FS1 Tonia Tippins, Sta Castle Hill
FS2 Bradley Curtis, Sta Castle Hill
FS1 Eric Williamson, CG Academy Quarters
FS2 Mallory Cruse, SEC Long Island Sound
FS1 Brandon Ingram, CG Academy
FS1 Matthew Mckenney, Sta Eatons Neck
And last but not least we can't forget our mess cooks who make our daily jobs a little better.
SN Carmen Johnson
SN Gary Faille
SN Sean McShea
U.S. Coast Guard | FS1 Stacey Russell | October 20, 2008
A little background on the competition.
My command and I have talked on several occasions about the possibility of us hosting a cooking competition. I recently received
orders to the CGC Eagle and I depart on 31 Oct. I thought there was no better time than the present to put on the competition.
This was definitely a learning process for me and I enjoyed EVERY minute of it. I can't wait to put on another one. I felt an
overwhelmingly amount pride and joy watching not only my FS staff compete but a broad spectrum of culinary experts from the
Coast Guard to the Navy. Wow is all I can say. They left me speechless.
The Navy showed up to the competition with two teams and like us in their competition took First and Second Place. The SEC
Long Island Sound galley team came in 3rd. The first place team was comprised of two SN CS CSSN Daughtry and CSSN Custen.
A big congrats two those two junior personnel they came in and rocked the competition. Second place was comprised of CS1
Price and CSSN Andersen. Third place was FS2 Nardo and FS3 Scott. I am very proud of all of these teams they impressed not
only each other but the judges as well. This was a mystery basket competition; however they were emailed a few days ahead of
the competition with what they were receiving to ensure the best success possible. They got anything from Whole turkey Breast to
Mussels. They had to come up with a salad course followed by a pasta protein course. We were looking for creativity, sanitation,
team work, presentation, and flow of the meal. All the teams really met all the criteria, above and beyond if you ask me or any of
the judges for that matter.
This event could not have been possible without our sponsors which were in no particular order:
Map Food Service
Roland Products
House of Raeford Turkey
Carlas Pasta
Nestle Food Service
Minors
MDG Marketing
Nuovo Pasta
Performance Food Group
West Creek Produce
Mcormick Spices
Photos by Janeen was gracious enough to offer her talents and take awesome pictures of the event. Thank You Janeen
Pietraszkiewicz.
The following personnel were judges and trainers at the event a big thank you to these talented and knowledgeable personnel.
Please forgive me if I have forgotten anyone who contributed to the overall success of this event. Sponsors or otherwise.
Richard Fletcher
Anthony Mascola
Alice Slate
CDR Chris Lund
FSCM Stacey Zimmerman
CS1 Kyle Kupiszewski
FS1 Stacey Russell
The following were all the personnel present for the competition and which commands they were representing.
CSSN Jonathon Daughtry, USS Hawaii
CSSN Samuel Custen, USS Hawaii
CS1 Enjay Price, Cross Hall Galley Groton Sub base
CSSN Jeremy Andersen, Cross Hall Galley Groton Sub Base
FS2 Alex Nardo, SEC Long Island Sound
FS3 Keith Scott, SEC Long Island Sound
FS1 Tonia Tippins, Sta Castle Hill
FS2 Bradley Curtis, Sta Castle Hill
FS1 Eric Williamson, CG Academy Quarters
FS2 Mallory Cruse, SEC Long Island Sound
FS1 Brandon Ingram, CG Academy
FS1 Matthew Mckenney, Sta Eatons Neck
And last but not least we can't forget our mess cooks who make our daily jobs a little better.
SN Carmen Johnson
SN Gary Faille
SN Sean McShea
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