Chef John McGannon

John McGannon
Graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York, 1982
Class President, Gourmet Society Member, and Graduated in Top 5 % of class
Graduate of North Rockland High School, 1977
CURRENT RESIDENCE – 16 Conchita Court Pacifica, CA 94044
ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
Founder Wildeats Enterprises® Pacifica, CA, 1995 / present Producer of Superior Spice Blends and Rubs, designed for fish and game, Outdoor/Sportsman related Publishing, Outdoor Culinary Adventures, Author/chef/contributing culinary writer to sporting publications.
Director of The McGannon Culinary Group, San Francisco, CA, 1991/current
Cooking Demonstrations, Restaurant consultations, International Guest Chef Appearances
Host of TV’s “Outdoor Cuisine”, Outdoor Life Network, 1996
Author of OUTDOOR CUISINE, Behind the Scene, 1997
National Seminar Speaker – RMEF, FNAWS, MDF National Conventions, ISE Events
Contributing Writer – Bugle Magazine's CARNIVORE'S KITCHEN…Eating Wild, Mule Deer Foundation Magazine – Cuisine Elevation, Outdoor NEWS – Taste of the Wild. Cooking WILD Magazine
RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE
Executive Chef – “Valley of the Moon” BOHEMIAN GROVE, Russian River, CA 95-present
Executive Chef – Doros Restaurant, San Francisco, CA 1991-92
Executive Chef – Le St. Germain “TOGO”/ Le St. Germain Los Angeles, CA 1984
Executive Chef – Angel City Grill, on Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 1986
Executive Chef -The Original Tramp Of London, (Private Club) Beverly Hills, CA 1987
Chef Instructor – MACYS’ CHEFS TOUR 1991, San Francisco, Ca. 1991
Celebrity Guest Chef – Kalgin Island Lodge, Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1993
Sous Chef -Le Perigord Restaurant, New York City under award winning Chef Antione Bouterin
Celebrity Guest Chef-Cafe Flipp, American Express Hong Kong Food Festival 1994
Executive Consulting Chef, Sherman’s Bar & Grill Hong Kong, 1995
Executive Consulting/Developmental Chef, Café Wraps, San Jose, CA 1996
Quadlux Inc. Lead Developmental Chef for proto-type Flashbake Ovens
Cooking Demonstrations – WILLIAM-SONOMA Retail Stores, The Cellar @ Macy’s 1991 Chef’s Tour
WILDLIFE ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEER MEMBER
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, life member, former chair, donor,
Mule Deer Foundation, committee member, donor
FNAWS, donor, seminar speaker at National convention
Safari Club International Contributor and member
California Deer Assc. member, donor
California Water Fowl, Ducks Unlimited, contributor, donor
Colorado Wildlife Federation, donor and member
National Wild Turkey Federation, donor, member
CHARITABLE EVENTS
March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy, The M.S. Society, and The Newark School for the Blind, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Field of Dreams, Wilderness Unlimited Foundation
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