January 2008

Webmasters Note

Happy New Year!  Keeping up with our new year’s resolution to provide one newsletter per month, we present the January edition of
The Military Cook Informer.  




competition increases.  Even if you are not selected you will be placed as a Military Chef on our site and you will always be in
competition increases.  Even if you are not selected you will be placed as a Military Chef on our site and you will always be in
contention for Military Chef of the Month.  Also, in the future we plan to select a Military Chef of the Year out of the 12 monthly winners.  
So get those packages in.
So get those packages in.


The goal of this newsletter is to provide up to date military food service multimedia to our members through a monthly email.  This
should include news reports, new video clips, and new photos, all pertaining to military food service.  We will also include upcoming
food service events and the winner of MilitaryChef.com’s Military Chef of the Month Award.

We can use your help!  Please post on our forums.  This will help us build a military food service community where we can learn,
exchange ideas and network with each other.  Also, please be kind enough to distribute this email to everyone you know who may find
MilitaryChefs.com and this newsletter useful.

Thank you for your support!

-Jimmy Z

International Boston Seafood Show
February 24th - 26th
THE INTERNATIONAL BOSTON SEAFOOD SHOW
Boston Convention/Exhibition Center
Boston, Mass.
207.842.5504
www.bostonseafood.com

Catersource
February 24th – 28th
CATERSOURCE CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW
Las Vegas Hilton & Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nev.
877.932.3632
www.catersource.com

International Food Service Executives
Association
April 3rd - 6th
107th ANNUAL IFSEA CONFERENCE & SEMINAR
Adam's Mark Hotel
Denver, Colo.
702.564.0997
www.ifsea.com

Nightclub & Bar Magazine
February 24th - 27th
THE SHOW
Las Vegas Hilton & Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nev.
888.966.2727
www.nightclub.com

U.S. Army Center of Excellence-Subsistence
(ACES)
March 1st – 14th
33rd ANNUAL U.S. ARMY CULINARY COMPETITION
Fort Lee, Va.
804.734.3274/4463
DSN 687-3274-4463
www.quartermaster.army.mil/ACES

ACF Western Regional Conference
April 19-21
"Freedom Chef Challenge" Americas best military chefs
go head to head in the Kitchen.
http://www.acfutahchefs.org/
http://www.acfchefs.
org/Content/Events/RegionalConferences/Western/default.cfm
For more information contact SFC Jason Talcott @
jason.talcott@us.army.mil
Why We Serve: Chef Happiest at Sea Working with Sailors 11/30/2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2007 – Ask Master Chief Petty Officer Bruce “Skip” Binda why he joined the Navy nearly three decades ago and he’ll tell you it was a
matter of pride.
Click here to read more of this Navy Culinary Specialist news article...
Face of Defense: Army Chef Spices Up Pentagon Channel 12/10/2007
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2007 – Army Sgt. 1st Class Brad Turner today served hungry Pentagon Channel audiences a new recipe for entertainment during a
half-hour cooking show called “The Grill Sergeants.”
Click here to read more of this Army Food Service Specialist news article...
Face of Defense: Extra Effort in Kitchen Keeps Morale High 12/17/2007
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FORTRESS, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2007 – “The Rock believes highly that food service support improves morale,” said Army
Sgt. Joseph Smith, from Jackson, Mich.
Click here to read more of this Army Food Service Specialist news article...
Station’s top cooks display skills at Chef of the Quarter Board 12/07/2007
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan (Dec. 7, 2007) -- The station’s top food service specialists created meals of their choice and competed
against their peers during the Chef of the Quarter Board at the R. G. Robinson Messhall.
Click here to read more of this Marine Corps Food Service Specialist news article...
East Coast Food Management Team instructs reserves for the first time 12/12/2007
Lance Cpl. Caleb Slacum, a food service specialist from Headquarters and Support Batt., Marietta, Ga., prepares green beans for evening chow Dec. 11.
During Quantico Viper, food service support Marines received training on new food service equipment.
Click here to read more of this Marine Corps Food Service Specialist news article...