Beware! Chef Jean-Claude Mille with his secret French sauce! |
Jean-Claude went from seminary to culinary school to skid row and you can read his biography at: http://www.chefjeanclaude.com/
Now, Jean-Claude is an occasional landscaping sprayer person (everyone pitches in to get the lodge ready for the season!), but mostly he's the full-time Head Chef and Staff Photographer for Samaritan Lodge Alaska -- during the summer months that is. The remainder of the year he is a traveling chef/chaplain for the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team.
He runs Tanalian Dining Room like a Michelin 3-star-rated restaurant, along with his sous chef, Michael, pastry chef, Natalie, and the volunteer kitchen staff and servers, Mike and Melissa.
I never expected to find a gourmet French chef in bush Alaska and one of the best things: the guides are invited to dine with our guests for dinner and breakfast once a week. Yum!
* For those of you who are praying folks, Jean-Claude is in Anchorage tonight. He is having a simple out-patient procedure tomorrow and hopes to rejoin us in a few days. Please pray for a positive outcome and that he will be back in his kitchen soon.
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