CELEBRATED CHEF RICK EDGE JOINS CULINARY CENTER OF MONTEREY

            MONTEREY, Calif., January 10, 2007---Chef Rick Edge, whose culinary credentials include chef de cuisine of the acclaimed Pacific’s Edge restaurant at the Highlands Inn, Park Hyatt, Carmel, has joined the staff of the Culinary Center of Monterey as a full-time instructor according to Executive Chef and Culinary Center of Monterey owner Mary Pagan.

            “Chef Edge brings us a wealth of fine-dining experience, talent and dedication,” Pagan said. “We are thrilled to have him on the teaching staff.”

            Chef Edge, while studying at the California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, took a position in the brigade of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco. Upon graduation in 1994 Chef Ken Oringer recognized Edge’s abilities and promoted him to the kitchen of Silk’s Restaurant, the Mandarin Oriental’s famed fine-dining restaurant. During Chef Edge’s tenure at Silk’s, the San Francisco Chronicle awarded the restaurant three and a half stars.

            In 1977 Chef Oringer asked Edge to be his opening sous chef for Clio, the new restaurant he was planning in Boston. The restaurant opened to immediate praise and

  earned Chef Oringer the prestigious James Beard Award for “2001 Northeast Chef of the Year.”

            After five years of training with Chef Oringer, Edge accepted a position with Chef Laurent Gras at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan. After spending three years on the East Coast, he returned home to California and joined the renowned Aqua as sous chef working with Chef Michael Mina. In 2001 he accepted the position of chef de cuisine of Pacific’s Edge, Highlands Inn, Park Hyatt Carmel, followed by the position of chef de cuisine of Club XIX at the Lodge at Pebble Beach.   While at Club XIX Chef Edge received rave reviews from the Zagat Survey, Bon Appetit and Cigar Aficionado.

            Offering a spectacular view of Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean from its 550 square foot, state-of-the-art kitchens, the Culinary Center of Monterey is located

 at 625 Cannery Row. For more information call (831)-333-2133, e-mail: info@culinarycenterofmonterey.com or visit the website, www.culinarycenterofmonterey.com

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