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Melinda Burrows, CEC, CCA Makes the Case For Certification

By Joanna DeChellis, Editorial Director, Club + Resort Chef | October 14, 2020

In this episode of Club and Resort Talks, Club + Resort Chef‘s Editor, Joanna DeChellis, chats with Melinda Burrows, CEC, CCA, Executive Chef of Hickory Hills Country Club.


Club + Resort Talks is sponsored by Hoshizaki America, Inc.


In this episode of Club and Resort Talks, sponsored by Hoshizaki America, Inc., Club + Resort Chef‘s Editor, Joanna DeChellis, chats with Executive Chef Melinda Burrows, who has run the kitchen at Hickory Hills Country Club in Springfield, Missouri for the past six years. In an earlier part of her career, Chef Burrows was a traveling personal chef for A-list celebrities and legendary rock stars including Sir Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, and Guns & Roses. Now, as a club chef, she appreciates being able to touch tables and get to know her members while creating memories through food. Chef Burrows is passionate about mentoring, certification, authenticity and ingredients. In fact, many of the items she uses in specials are grown at her very own hobby farm.

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About The Author

Joanna DeChellis, Editorial Director, Club + Resort Chef

As Editorial Director of Club + Resort Chef, Joanna DeChellis takes an audience-first approach that combines sound journalistic and story-telling principles with an appreciation for and deep knowledge of the intricacies of the club and resort chef market. She oversees the content strategy and programming for Club + Resort Chef and its various platforms including the Chef to Chef Conference. She has penned award-winning pieces about the many intricacies within club and resort food and beverage operations as well as culinary trends, profiles and breaking news. She is co-host of the award-winning podcast Club + Resort Talks, and has served in various content-development roles over the course of her career, including digital, marketing, print, and in-person events. She oversees the Club + Resort Chef Association, the Chef to Chef Conference and PlateCraft. Prior to these roles, she was the Managing Editor of Club + Resort Business, Associate Editor of Food Management Magazine and a contributing writer for Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News, Gayot, Cleveland Scene Magazine, and Duetto. Contact her at [email protected].

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