I am very thankful to have AD (Attention Deficit)  and give tons of credit to all the teachers in Hudson that where in the Learning Disability Room. They always pushed me and always made me feel that I could accomplish anything I put my mind to…Now I use this to my advantage……..

“There is more then one way to get to Florida”

With all the projects going on I truly need to to keep bouncing back and forth to all of  them….I am sure it makes my partners or the people I work with nuts because they just want the projects they are working on with me finished….:)

 So if you’d like… lets peak inside this brain of mine and see what I am working on

1. Spring/Summer Menu for all Blue Canyons
2. Gluten Free Menu for all Blue Canyons
3. Patio Menu
4. New & Improved Drink Menu for all the Bars at the Blue Canyons
5. Revamp all Catering Menus and Public Sales Blitz 
6. Record New Radio Commercials
7. Demo TV Reel….that’s all I can say
8. Write monthly Column for Living Magazine
9. Benefits,Benefits,Benefits,Benefits…..we do a lot of them
10. Determine All Gateway Hotel Food Specks.
11. Breath………Eat……….Sleep………..
12. Madison
13. Kristen
14. Weekly Phone Call Meetings with Chef Scott/Larry/Matt
15. Weekly Meeting with Chef Danny/Stu/Russ (Ohio)
16. Try To Keep up with all the Marketing Stuff that Katie has planned for me to do…..boy does she keep me busy…..
17. Retail Line: Trying to bottle the Calamari Sauce, Sophia Dressing, Steak Sauce, and BBQ Sauce
18. Coming Out with another label of wine called the “Chef’s Jacket Label” … a Chardonnay and a Cabernet
19. Watching this grey patch getting bigger on the front of my head
20. Wondering why I quit smoking…4 months ago….!!!!!!!!

I  always get asked what I would do if I wasn’t a Chef……to tell you the truth, Chefs are not made, they are born….so that is very hard for me to answer. I don’t know…We are often very stressed out. We take comments very personal. We take work home. And we don’t sleep very well. A lot of Chefs party like rock stars…( trust me…my daughter took me out of the jungle and put my butt in the petting zoo….that’s a whole another post….one day)  We are highly competitive..but are very friendly on the field.  We put everything we have on the line so people can come in and hopefully eat a disposable product………..lol………..that’s crazy.

I have the greatest partners anyone could ask to be in this business with.. they are honest and out work me everyday…..I am amazed by them and learn from them daily….I also learn from the great staff  of the Blue Canyons…Katie, Danny, Stu, Paul, Ryan, Matt H, Terry, Nancy, Todd, Larry , Scott, Matt  and of course Sean Brown.

What more can someone ask for……..I don’t go to work….I just put on comfortable clothes and hang out with some kick ass people all day long. ………..and drink lots of coffee 

Stick and Move and Stay out of the Corner!!

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