European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 army event is no half 87 Soldier chefs Cook up some culinary delights by Ken George staff photographer Karlsruhe Germany an army marches on its these words attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte give an accurate assessment of the importance of culinary skills of yesteryear and today. Impressive is How one could describe the craftsmanship of 81 competitors in . Army Europe s 12th annual culinary Competition last week at the Fidelita club at Paul Revere Village in Karls Ruhe. Hosted by the 26th area support group the Competition Drew some of the army s finest. Eleven teams some from As far away As Italy and the Netherlands took part in the multiphase event. There were categories ranging from Field Cook ing to performing delicate and tedious decorative work such As sugar blowing Cocoa painting and Marzipan modelling. Another category included cookery where participants were required to pre pare menus Price it out within $15 of a target Cost prepare it and then serve. The Quality this year is much higher than in years past said sgt. Maj. Ward Ell Carey Usa eur food service ser Geant major and organizer of this year s event. There Are a lot of Young soldiers com Peting Carey said. Their work is cleaner More difficult. In addition Many More advanced skills Are the soldiers compete against a Stan Dard not against each other. One goal of the Competition is to raise the standards of culinary excellence and professionalism in the army. This is done by nurturing the creativity of individual chefs encouraging their participation and providing a showcase for individual a confectionary display takes on a wild West theme at the . Army Europe s 12th annual culinary Competition in Karlsruhe Germany. Skills techniques and style. And their customers the soldiers Back at the dining Hall and on Field duty Benefit by getting better food. As sgt. Keith e. Spencer a Winner with his German Golden Pound cake entry said the culinary arts Competition is the Only time of year that we Cooks get to show what we know. And what you see Here is cooking and baking from some of the Best in Usa eur. It s in the following soldiers will represent Usa eur at the army Competition at fort Lee a in March pfc. Belinda b. Tredway he co 141st signal in spec. Sanford k. Greenwood 535th engr co spec Lawrence h. Lee 78th trans co spec. Neil m. Montevirgen he co 440th signal in sgt. Vera p. Wells he co 22nd signal brigade staff sgt. Carmello Locurto he det 703rd main sup port in staff sgt. Mark w. Warren Usa eur Headquarters sgt 1st class Bobby g. Anderson Allied forces Central Europe sgt. 1st class Enrique Carrion 187th personnel service co. " sgt. 1st class famous Johnson left i sgt. Keith e. Spencer Harry Connors of Karls Rune s Public affairs office and master sgt. Ernest Green Admire Spencer s award win Ning German Golden Pound cake. A dec. Edward j. Wtulich right discusses his winning seven course Cal entry with Nichol a and Giulia Coclis at last week s Competition at Paul Revere Village in Karlsruhe. Is photos by Ken George Imp. Timothy v. Milk captured a Pold medal i i his , spirit of the Indian a the patisserie artistic j show piece category
