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Big E Starts Chef-at-Sea Program
Release Date: 7/18/2007 4:45:00 PM By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Marcel A. Barbeau, USS Enterprise
Public Affairs
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (Big E) kicked off it's Chef-at-Sea program July 16.
While on deployment, culinary specialists (CS) as well as other interested Sailors can take advantage of the Chef-at-Sea program,
taught by Chef Ed Brown, from the First Coast Technical Institute in Saint Augustine, Fla.
The program offers service members four classes with Brown, plus their books free of charge.
The course isn’t only meant to advance CSs in culinary arts, but it’s also a benefit for Sailors to earn a degree and certification.
“If Sailors complete all four courses they can earn up to 30 college credit hours,” said Brown. “For the first time, the cooking school I
represent will also pay for American Culinary Federation (ACF) certification for everyone who completes all four courses."
The four classes offered to the service members aboard Big E include professional chef, sanitation, supervision and nutrition. The
classes teach service members to prepare appetizing food and how to make a good presentation.
“It teaches them to become better cooks and present the food in a manner that’s more appealing,” said Brown.
According to Brown, the courses not only help CSs in their career field but, everyone on board can benefit.
“It can have a direct impact on the morale of the ship,” said Brown. “It’s also great for the CSs to do something for themselves. It
gives them something they can walk away with after deployment such as a certification in their field.”
This isn’t the first time Brown has joined Enterprise’s team to teach the Chef-at-Sea program. Brown also deployed during Enterprise’
s 2006 deployment and received very good responses from the program.
“It’s been great. They learned a lot and had a great time and it’s been great to see them again,” said Brown. “I’m looking forward to
having new crew members who have not participated in the course yet. The people who complete the Chef-at-Sea program have
gone on to do great things around the world both in the Navy and in civilian life. They have become executive chefs, sea chefs as
well as [excelling at] different levels of management. We have hundreds and hundreds of Chef-at-Sea graduates.”
“All of my experiences were really good,” said Electronics Technician 2nd Class (SW/AW) Linda Gilmore, who participated in the
Chef-at-Sea program during Big E's summer 2006 deployment. “It was an opportunity I could never get anywhere else, and I would
definitely recommend it to others.”
Gilmore said although she is not a CS, she learned a lot of things about food in the course.
"I was able to understand all about food," said Gilmore. "We learned about the nutrition value of it, how to prepare it and how to
enjoy. Food really is a art and a science."
Brown says he is very privileged to be able to join Big E’s crew again for another opportunity to teach.
“I was really honored when they asked me to come out again,” says Brown. “It’s a great honor for me and I feel like it’s one of the
finest things I’ve done in my life and the people I’ve taught are the finest people I’ve met.”
Release Date: 7/18/2007 4:45:00 PM By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Marcel A. Barbeau, USS Enterprise
Public Affairs
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (Big E) kicked off it's Chef-at-Sea program July 16.
While on deployment, culinary specialists (CS) as well as other interested Sailors can take advantage of the Chef-at-Sea program,
taught by Chef Ed Brown, from the First Coast Technical Institute in Saint Augustine, Fla.
The program offers service members four classes with Brown, plus their books free of charge.
The course isn’t only meant to advance CSs in culinary arts, but it’s also a benefit for Sailors to earn a degree and certification.
“If Sailors complete all four courses they can earn up to 30 college credit hours,” said Brown. “For the first time, the cooking school I
represent will also pay for American Culinary Federation (ACF) certification for everyone who completes all four courses."
The four classes offered to the service members aboard Big E include professional chef, sanitation, supervision and nutrition. The
classes teach service members to prepare appetizing food and how to make a good presentation.
“It teaches them to become better cooks and present the food in a manner that’s more appealing,” said Brown.
According to Brown, the courses not only help CSs in their career field but, everyone on board can benefit.
“It can have a direct impact on the morale of the ship,” said Brown. “It’s also great for the CSs to do something for themselves. It
gives them something they can walk away with after deployment such as a certification in their field.”
This isn’t the first time Brown has joined Enterprise’s team to teach the Chef-at-Sea program. Brown also deployed during Enterprise’
s 2006 deployment and received very good responses from the program.
“It’s been great. They learned a lot and had a great time and it’s been great to see them again,” said Brown. “I’m looking forward to
having new crew members who have not participated in the course yet. The people who complete the Chef-at-Sea program have
gone on to do great things around the world both in the Navy and in civilian life. They have become executive chefs, sea chefs as
well as [excelling at] different levels of management. We have hundreds and hundreds of Chef-at-Sea graduates.”
“All of my experiences were really good,” said Electronics Technician 2nd Class (SW/AW) Linda Gilmore, who participated in the
Chef-at-Sea program during Big E's summer 2006 deployment. “It was an opportunity I could never get anywhere else, and I would
definitely recommend it to others.”
Gilmore said although she is not a CS, she learned a lot of things about food in the course.
"I was able to understand all about food," said Gilmore. "We learned about the nutrition value of it, how to prepare it and how to
enjoy. Food really is a art and a science."
Brown says he is very privileged to be able to join Big E’s crew again for another opportunity to teach.
“I was really honored when they asked me to come out again,” says Brown. “It’s a great honor for me and I feel like it’s one of the
finest things I’ve done in my life and the people I’ve taught are the finest people I’ve met.”
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