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1WP - From dish
washer to Olympic team food
displayer, Glen Brown of Benton
Harbor h t hi sights at the top
of th food service industry.
Bro n, 21, is currently ban
quet chef at Berrien Hill Co un- .
try Club and a tudent in the food
nice management program. at
Lake ichigan College.
Olympic team food displayers
e th top culinarian in the
United St t ,explained Brown.
According to information from
the American Culinary Federation
(ACF) team co . s of
memb rs ho hav been leered
. from C� regional try-outs.
Tho ho win gold medals in
the ACF try-out are checked
out for basi c kills, ttitudes,
ability to be a team player, and
are then judged for hat pecial
abiliti they can bring to the
Olympic team. Regional try-
outs are held every 0 y rs
ith th next on schedu ed
for 1986.
embers of these teams are
ally executive chefs. The
team trave around the United
Stat and frequently appears
at international foreign food
o in preparation for the
Culinary Olympi , IDA-HOG A ,
hich' held every four ye rs
on the Olympic year in Frank-
furt, Germany. The purpose
of the ppearanc . not only
to sharpen the skills of the team
members in preparation for the
Olympi , but also to display
to the public and student p
prentic hat are the latest
trend in the food industry,
and to further the education
and professi onal development
of tudent apprentices.
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Brown plan to ttend t h
Culinary Institute of ew York.
"I'm getting my I tter of recom
mendation and g tting portfolio
together of some of the work I've
done to nd my applic tion to
the in itute. Ba . cally you hav
to have some bac ground in th
busin to get ccepted there.
The biggest problem that I see is
getting my tuition. It's going to
co me SI7,OOO for the 23-
month program they offer.
y goal is to get into a large
hotel like Hilton or a Sheridan,
one of the mo well-known, and
become the food and be erage
director. Eventually, I.d like to be
an owner, operator, and chef of
my own place. I ould like it to
� a four-star place, offering th
best of e rything in food and r-
e-off
''''0 be on the Olympic team
is a small hidden goal of mine,"
said Brown. "It' my under
standing that no Blac h ever
been on the culinary team. It
uld be nice to be the first
Black to ever achieve th t. tt
ACF official indic ted that
because of the rankings of people
who hav tried out, it could
b po ible for a Black to be on
the 1988 Olympic culinary team.
Brown began his experience
in the food rvice field a dish
washer t the ile Holiday
Inn when he was a sophomore
in high hool. He worked
his way up to night chef before
being fired for lack of experience
when a ne company took over
management. Ho ever, he' u
eventually rein ated.
vice!'
"I knew that I kne my job,"
. d Brown. "From that time rtin indicated that the
on I felt though I had some- food lervice program at LMC is
thing to prove, more 10 to my If. growins· She 'd that presently
I really didn't understand what some of its graduates are orking $30,000 to S50,000 income
happening. Among the em- at the local hospitals and ell- brae et, schooling' usually nee-
kn .-+.. t lI'Curv .• tt
ployees and most of the people. 0 I�L4IUran s. -�J
I as considered the be chef "It is an entry level program,". 1b LMC food rvice udents
they had. e said. "You learn to run a annually put on the fish dinner
"In talking with artin kitchen and be a good cook. For for th Steelheaders Assocai tion.
(Olva artin, instructor of the tho aspiring to get into the They also put on demon ration
food nice program at LMC),
I believe she noticed some of my L
talent. She made the point of
al y tting my goals a littl
higher.
"At fir I thought food
rvice as just cooking ham-
burgers, steaks, and things like
that. Then before I arted
school I began to the finer
'de of it.
"I al ay cooked t home.
y dad alway barbecued and
he'd have me out with him. I
alway in the kitchen with
my mother. I had ay thought
about being a chef or a cook,
but I didn't realize I had the
talent for it until I started work
ing in the field."
Although he too home eco
nomic in high hool, Brown said
the b . cs th t he cquired in
cooking before starting at LMC
as hat he had learned at the
Holiday Inn. The food and
be rage director of the Holiday
Inn, Tom Elder, tudied at the
Colinary Institute of ew York.
li.!:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!�· Bro n learned the craft 0 ice
carving from Elder .• The decor
or gardemanger, 'de of
rvice i methina he
like • and is e zer to hav
opportunity to really get
BENTO TWP. - Lake Michi
gan College' Health Science Divi
ion is again offering Emergency
Medical Technician training,
according to Dr. Dorothy Le der,
dean of Health Science at LMC.
The course begins Sept. 6 at
6:30 p.m. and wiD meet two
evenings a wee for 16* eeks,
Succe ful completion of the
rune provide eligibility to take
the state exarnin tion for Basic
Y brings
Sting
ST. JOSEPH - The A
of Benton Harbor-St. Jo ph
. conducting a Youth Soccer
clinic for 6 and up Saturday,
August 18, from 1 :()().4:00 p.m.
at the YMCA Family Center,
3665 HoUywood Ro d.
A pecial guest appearance by
Chicago Sting members, Pat Mc
Gauley, a Midfielder from Indiana
University and Chris Kenny, a .
Defender from St. Loui Uni-
ersity is heduled s part of the
clini .
Area coache will be on hand
to . i t with drill. mini games
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THE C.nZE
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• Berrien Hill ountry Club
import nt carving function h e be-
y, club' executi chef. Bro
Mjcb.m Co food rvi
DeC*I!IIe • member of t
of foodd' y
t th Berri n County Youth Fair
annually. This year the demon
stration will be held from noon to
3 p.m., Augu 14, and ill in
clude exican dishes, pizza and
lasagna, and vegetable carving, ac
cordin to Mr. artin.
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Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT). In-district co (Includ
ing liability insurance) for the
six credit hour cla is S 144.
Out-of-district co t i S192.
extrication 'on, and clinical
experience in a hospital emer
gency room.
The c size is limited, and
both registration for the cia
and textboo ordering must be
done in dvance, Dr. Leader
said. CaU 927-3571, extension
240 for dditional information.
Registration n b don by
mail or in person.
B ic information needed to
handle both accident and illne
emergencie howtly after they
occur ill be taught in th cia ,
Dr. Leader siad. Teaching in
clude lecture by local phy . c
ians, laboratory practice, an auto
for s ee C ere lin i c
and clinic cont s. Contest
winners will receive free tickets
for a Chicago Sting game. Re
freshments wiD be provided by
R.C. Cola.
Fee to the co-ed clinic .
S3 per child. Participants must
register by Friday Augu t 17.
For more information cont ct
Janie Colton or C rol Bradham
at the Y at 429-9727.
YMCA sponsor
triathlon
ST. JOSEPH - The Y CA Entries re available at the CA.
and Healthwave of ercy! Contact Janie Colton for further
Mem rial Hospital re co-sponsor
ing a Triathlon August 18. The
event c nsists of a * mile swim,
18 mile bike. 5 mil run.
Ent ry deadline is Au uti 5 .
Th re i individual and team com
petition in four age c te ries.
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