The Coast Guard Culinary Team went to the Army's Annual Culinary Arts Competition again this year. Last year we saw the other teams competing in the Army Field Kitchen Category. The team decided to give it a go this year. Needless to say, cooking on jet fuel was interesting.. but the team made the Coast Guard proud winning the silver. The Army was very impressed with the teams adaptability. Check it out here:

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/2_Media/TrainingCourses...LeeFieldKitchen.html

News Article on the team in the MKT.

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/1_Sections/News/News_Army/NewsArmy080310.html

The team also competed well in the Contemporary Cooking Categories scoring Gold in Pastries (FS1 Andrea Bisiganni) and a Silver in Hot-Food Cooking (FS1 Britney White-Gonzales). Check it out here:

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/2_Media/TrainingCourses...sesFortLeEKandP.html

We cleaned up the Ice Carving Category with FS1 Britney Gonzales Scoring Silver in the 1 Block. Our Five Block Team (FSCS Justin Reed, FS1 Swenson and FS3 Fuchs) scored silver and our two block team (FS1 Swenson and FS2 Ben Murray) took the gold and won best Ice Carving in show. Check it out here (All carvings have a three hour time limit):

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/2_Media/TrainingCourses...orsesFortLeEIce.html

Here is the 3 block time warp:

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/2_Media/IceVideos/IceEagle.html

Over the two week period the team ended up with little to no sleep and something like 4 Golds, 16 Silvers and 4 Bronze Medals.

Team Manager - Senior Chief Justin Reed
Official (FAKE) Team Captain - FS1 James Swenson,
Unofficial (REAL) Team Captain - FS3 Edward Fuchs
Team Members: FS1 Michael Scales, FS1 Andrea Bisiganni, FS1 Britney White-Gonzales, FS2 Ben Murray, FS2 Clark Sanford, and FS3 Jason Harbert.

Next year the team is looking for more FS3’s or FS2’s with less than three years of service. We would like to compete against the Army, Navy Air Force and Marines for Installation of the Year. In order to compete in the Junior Categories the team needs young cooks.

Requirements: Needs little sleep, loves stress and new challenges. So if you are in charge of a cook who fits these requirements look for the message and make sure your cook turns in a package next year.

For more info on the competition click here:

http://www.militarychefs.com/1A/1_Sections/InfoPages/In...rmyCulinaryComp.html

Congrats and great job to all members.

Dacook

Congratulations on your great showing!

Great job to everyone. That is very impressive...

Gerry

FANTASTIC WORK, and congrats to all who participated. You should all be very proud!! I sure am...