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Patrick Mitchell CEC, AAC, FWMCS

Newly elected president of WMCS-USA, Chef Patrick Mitchell comes with over 40 years’ experience in the industry. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and winner of the 2016 USA National Chef of the Year awarded through the American Culinary Federation....

Sheffield Named 2020 Wild American Shrimp Chef of the Year Wild American Shrimp, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, has named Chef Monte Sheffield, Chef/Owner of Palmer’s Restaurant Bar & Courtyard in San Marcos, Texas, as its 2020 Chef of the Year. Chef Sheffield will reign...

 For Misleading COVID-19 Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week that it settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated for making misleading disclosures about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business operations and financial condition. The action is the SEC's first charging a public company for misleading investors about the financial effects...

Fort Worth, Texas - Chef, innovator, bon vivant, and local icon Walter Kaufmann peacefully ascended to that great kitchen in the sky on Tuesday, September 22, at the age of 91.

Walter was the architect of local fine-dining. After working as a sous chef at Ridglea Country Club and dining room manager of Colonial Country Club,...