The passion continues to grow at Western Home Communities thanks to
Executive Chef Norman Grant. Norman is inspiring our team to be more
creative and share their creative side with us. This months Cooks Cook
Off was held in the Windcove dining room where
we had about 20 residents and a dozen staff members watch and taste the
creative dishes made by 7 of our cooks. This month's winner was
Timothy Knudson, a Lead Cook at Windhaven Assisted Living. Mandatory
ingredients were pork, fresh corn, and a secret ingredient
tossed in at the last minute, peaches. Tim's winning dish was Dry BBQ
Rub Pork Tenderloin with sweet corn-potato hash, caramelized peaches, and tarragon cream sauce. The dish was presented beautifully and the
flavors exploded in your mouth.
Second place went to Brandy Berky, Brandy's dish of Pork
Tenderloin, Corn Salsa, and a stuffed sweet potato made it a very
tight race with the winner being decided by timing, and Brandy had
turned her dish in late. Brandy wasn't sure what to do with the
peach with her dish and her creative juices started to flow - she
stuffed a sweet potato with caramelized peaches and topped it with
toasted marshmallows, that component of Brandy's dish was something of a
true chef and was the single most winning component
of any of the dishes. Congratulations to all our competitors on
another successful challenge. Next month's contest will be a Meatloaf
contest where we will find a new and improve meatloaf recipe to add to
our collection.
Randy Husted
General Manager of Dining Services
Western Home Communities