RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING GLORIA HAFER ON 55 YEARS OF PROVIDING CULINARY EDUCATION TO STUDENTS OF THE 10TH WARD
WHEREAS, Chicago Chef Gloria Hafer has provided outstanding culinary education services to the people of the 10th Ward and the Southeast Side of Chicago for 55 years; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Chicago Public Schools and Chicago State University, Chef Hafer began-her career in 1965 as a junior counselor at Calumet Park making $1.50 per day; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hafer is a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher who taught at Douglas Taylor Elementary School for 34 years, and also taught at George Washington High School where she developed and opened the Washington RJD Culinary Institute; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hafer has been the head chef of Chicago's Afterschool Matters culinary program for over 20 years and is currently teaching a beginning and advanced culinary apprenticeship program for Afterschool Matters at Eastside Methodist Church; she has taught culinary arts for Afterschool Matters at different locations throughout the 10th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hafer teaches four healthy eating classes for senior citizens at Chicago Department of Aging Senior Centers, and from 2006 to 2008 she taught healthy eating classes to the parents of students to help stem the increase in child obesity in the City; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hater's students have been invited by Starbucks corporate office to present their culinary skills at the Distinguished Restaurants of North America Conference (DiRona) in Seattle, Washington; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hafer's former students have gone on to study with some of Chicago's leading chefs, including Martial Nougier, Gale Grand, Patrick Sheerin, Stephen Henry, and the late Charlie Trotter, and several former students have pursued careers in the food industry; and
WHEREAS, Chef Hafer and her students have been featured in Cooking Light Magazine, Food Channel online segments, on PBS and on local Chicago television stations such as WFLD (FOX), NB...
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