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Chef to Chef Live! with Pastry Chefs Ashley Vander Ploeg and Laura Herman

By Tom Birmingham, CEC, Director, Club + Resort Chef Association | August 14, 2020

Tom Birmingham, CEC, Director of the Club + Resort Chef Association, catches up with two pastry chefs to discuss what they look for in pastry assistants, how they structure pay and budgets as well as the importance of supporting pastry programs in clubs.

Tom Birmingham, CEC, Director of the Club + Resort Chef Association, hosts a Chef to Chef Live! conversation with Ashley Vander Ploeg, Pastry Chef, Butterfield Country Club, Oak Brook, Ill. Laura Herman, Executive Pastry Chef, Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago, Ill.

In this episode, sponsored by Minor’s, the chefs discuss what they look for in pastry assistants, how they structure pay and budgets as well as the importance of supporting pastry programs in clubs.

About The Author

Tom Birmingham, CEC, Director, Club + Resort Chef Association

Tom Birmingham, CEC, Director of the Club + Resort Chef Association, spent more than 20 years as an Executive Chef and Food and Beverage Manager for the culinary operations of several respected public and private properties, including Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge, Ill., Flossmoor (Ill.) Country Club, and Ruth Lake Country Club in Hinsdale, Ill. He earned his Certified Executive Chef designation from the American Culinary Federation in October 2015, and also holds an Associate of Arts degree in Culinary Arts from Joliet (Ill.) Junior College.

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