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On Air Media Background & Online Articles

Featured Pro freestyle Jet Skier in Det-Chi video Action Sports-Music DVDs sold & distributed world wide.

Over 350 live and taped interviews, features and teasers combined and counting broadcast on network and cable tv.

Over 300 different articles, cover stories and pictures in print nation wide and in the Chicago & surrounding suburbs area.

Over 37 million people have been entertained in person.

Over 63 million have shared their time with me in one or more of these ways.  The two things consistent to all of my appearances on every occasion is laughter and information.

I have been asked many times in my career what my specialty is.  I almost always  replied that I am a mercenary, paid to produce food.  The style, or cuisine is not a major concern or desire.  Personally, I love Italian, Northern and Southern, Southwestern, Chinese, French Nouvelle, Regional American, Mexican and Mediterranean cuisines.  Now, if a chef chooses to be known for a specialty(dish) that is his or her choice.  For my taste, that is a very narrow view of what a chef should be and reduces the actual significance of the title, by the response itself.  There should never be "secrets" when it comes to cooking.  In my world, the words "secret recipe" is an indicator to professional insecurity.  Cooking, & food, is meant to be shared, so the word secret has no place in the same sentence.

NORTH AMERICA'S MOST EXTREME CHEF!

Welcome to my world.  I am an elite professional freestyle jet skier.  I run one of Ebay's coolest specialty Toy Soldier Stores.  Now really, no menu boasts this combination!  I am a certified food service sanitation manager for the state of Illinois.  My programs are insured.  My cooking classes feature the finest cookware, best available ingredients, music, beverages, video clips, substantial tasting portions, prizes, NO sales and lots of fun.  My popular original recipes from my numerous experiences as a chef run the gamut from pastries to sauces.  All converted for home use.      

Clear instructional methods, fun familiar communication, with a full menu of enthusiasm.  The cooking classes cover a wide range of subjects suitable for all cooking skill levels and age groups.  Substantial tastings, 95% of all cooking classes listed here are free to the general public, conducted by myself, a career Professional Chef.  I have been dominating Northern Illinois cooking classes and waterways for over 20 years.  Students of all ages and skill levels have drawn on my expertise in the world of food.

I have appeared on the following stations and networks to date over 15 years.                                                                                                              

ABC TV-FOX TV– CBS TV – UPN TV 

THE WEATHER CHANNEL  –  FOX SPORTS NET – DET-CHI VIDEO -

WBBM AM 780 – THE SCORE AM 670 – WLUP FM 97.9– WXRT FM 93.1– ESPN AM 1000-WGN AM 720-

I have appeared in or been covered by these fine printed newspapers and magazines to date over 25 years.

NEWSWEEK – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE – JET SPORTS-THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES – SPORTS ILLUSTRATED – PIONEER PRESS – HAMMOND TIMES -THE DAILY SOUTHTOWN – THE NEWS SUN – KENOSHA NEWS – WINDY CITY SPORTS – LERNER NEWS- PLAYBOY - THE DAILY HERALD

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