Ottawa Chef Named Personal Chef Of The Year

Aug. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Chef Stewart is a Certified Personal Chef belonging to the USPCA, and has operated Chef Chez You Personal Chef Service since 2000. In addition to his own Personal Chef Service, Stewart oversees all USPCA local chapter operations, contributes to a national chef mentoring program and is actively involved in teaching continuing education classes during USPCA national conferences.

Criteria for the Chef Of The Year award included business structure, development, expansion and service quality. “I take great pride in offering excellence at every step” Chef Tim Stewart stated. “My mission is to listen to each client and deliver an outstanding product during each service visit” he continued.  Judging was an effort by multiple business owners and culinary professionals, overseen by the USPCA home office staff in Rio Rancho, NM.

The 2010 USPCA national convention in Denver drew hundreds of professional personal chefs from throughout the United States and Canada.  “The annual convention is primarily a business building and educational event designed to help independent personal chefs strengthen their business and expand their service” stated USPCA President Chef Gail Kenagy. She continued, “Selecting one member as Personal Chef Of The Year is almost an impossible task.  Each of our members demonstrates the finest in service quality, and their happy clients are a living testament to this”.

Personal chefs prepare custom delicious, nutritious meals daily for a wide range of clients in all 50 states and throughout Canada.  Clients using this special service represent active households, affluent seniors and individuals with restrictive dietary needs. Personal chefs own and operate their own independent business and will service 12-20 unique clients each month.  The direct tangible benefits to each client will be the time saved in the actual meal preparation and the associated shopping, while still enjoying exactly what they’ve requested at a cost no greater than a comparable restaurant.  “The coveted dinner hour which has eroded over the years as career and outside influences demand more and more time of individuals is being reinstated thanks to personal chefs who allow families to unite with minimal effort to enjoy healthful custom prepared meals” Kenagy stated.

Locating a personal chef can be accomplished through http://www.hireachef.com, the largest and most widely used search site for personal chefs.

The Culinary Business Academy is the educational division of the USPCA, providing world class culinary business education to individuals having the expertise and desire to create excellent meals.  The Culinary Business Academy is the only provider of personal chef business education to be licensed by a Private Post-Secondary Commission on Higher Education.

The USPCA also monitors and administers the only federally recognized certification program for personal chefs.  Through demonstrated abilities and the acquisition of industry related education and business development courses, the designation of Certified Personal Chef (CPC) is bestowed.  Continued efforts and ongoing educational advancement are requirements to maintain this highly sought after designation.  All USPCA personal chefs are required to demonstrate a standard level of proficiency, evaluated through a testing series.  Only the USPCA requires testing of each member, and each USPCA personal chef is provided with general liability insurance.

“For a service concept that is 20 years old, the industry has just begun to emerge.  Busy active households and the demand for quality nutritional meals will certainly help shape the landscape of this industry for years to come” Ellison stated.  The USPCA remains ever vigilant to stay ahead of demand by developing new educational opportunities, providing business leadership and recognizing trends in consumer needs.

For a no-obligation consultation to determine if a personal chef can fill your ‘What’s for Dinner’ dilemma, contact a personal chef at http://www.hireachef.com

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The United States Personal Chef Association (http://www.uspca.com) is the oldest and largest personal chef association. It provides training and support for the majority of the over 5, 000 personal chefs currently working throughout the United States and Canada.