Chefs Participate In Culinary Benefit

Wed., March 12, 1997

By Leslie Kelly lesliek@spokesman.com

More than 20 chefs from around the region participated in the recent Fourth Annual Chef’s Culinary Classic at Manito Golf and Country Club.

Roughly $10,000 raised during the benefit will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network. Remaining proceeds go to the American Culinary Federation’s Chef and the Child Foundation, which sponsors nutrition programs for schoolchildren.

“It’s a great way for chefs to give something back to the community,” said Dan Bower, sous chef from Manito Country Club, who helped coordinate the elegant evening.

In the kitchen along with Bower and Manito Country Club’s executive chef, Jim Wolters, were Robb White (Spokane Country Club); Curtis Smith (Beverly’s); Jim Barrett (Coeur d’Alene Resort); Ray Delfino (Spokane Club); Steve Hughes (Spokane Club); Robert Schweiger (Spokane Club); Jerry Klinkenburg (Klink’s Resort); Doug Fisher (Spokane Community College Culinary Arts); Mercedes Mundin (Beach House); Daniel Lewis (Ridpath Hotel); Stacy McBride (Coeur d’Alene Resort); Peter Tobin (SCC Culinary Arts); Genevieve Miller (Princess Tours Alaska); Ted Anderson (Spokane Country Club); Mike Lindsey (Spokane Club); Randy Whiteford (The Lodge Dining Room, Sun Valley, Idaho); Jake Ewell (Manito Golf and Country Club); Robert Lombardi (SCC Culinary Arts) and Rob Berbeck (Coeur d’Alene Resort).

SCC culinary arts students were volunteer servers for the event.

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