My Story, the short version

From the Galley of the CCGS Jean Goodwill

I have been doing this for a bit more than a year now. I have come to understand that I have a hard time writing recipes, and have an even harder job to remember to take pictures of the dishes I make. That being said, I have never had my recipes collected in one place before, I have 3 or 4, or 5, maybe 6 notebooks will recipes in them. The following is the short version of my story.

I am a cook with a Certification of Qualification in Respect to the Trade of Cooking.

(Commonly called a Red Seal Cook.)

I am a journeyman in the trade. My job titles have varied depending on where I am working, my titles have been Chef, Catering Officer, Camp Boss, and Chief Cook

I have worked in 9 restaurants, 18 ships, 4 offshore rigs, 3 camps, a hospital and a jail. Meal service could be for as many as 1200 in Chelsea River Lodge (camp), to 400 on the DSV Balder (ultra large crane vessel) or restaurants serving 400 in an evening.

No matter where I am working, or who I am working with, I have tried to keep learning. I have over the years developed a style I call International home cooking. Regardless of where you are from, I try to produce some items that are a taste of home.

I will try to publish the recipes that are most requested, as well as the daily menus from the CCGS Jean Goodwill. it will be a varied content, as I try to produce a diverse and and entertaining daily product