Remembering
Chef John Kane
By FBWorld Team
Chef
John Kane
Food and Beverage World lost a great friend last week,
Chef John Kane. He died following complications of back
surgery. John was Executive Chef of the University Club
of San Francisco for over 20 years, only the fifth Chef
to hold this title in the 116 year history of the club.
Kane left the university club to marry the love of his
life, Maria Ramos, and relocated to Grass Valley where
he and his wife opened Kane's Restaurant, located on Main
Street in 2006. Together, they captured the loyalty of
the Grass Valley community while raising their four beautiful
sons and bringing John's fabulous sense of cuisine to
this delightful small town.
A
public memorial to celebrate the life of John Kane will
be held on Saturday, August 3 from 11am to 2pm at the
Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building (255 S. Auburn
St, Grass Valley, CA).
John
served two years as President of the Chef's Association
of the Pacific Coast (CAPC) and was seated as Chairman
of the Board. Chef John has been nominated by President
of the American Culinary Federation, and for American
Culinary Federation's National Chef of the Year. President
Leonard also awarded Chef John with the coveted Presidential
Medallion. He was awarded the San Francisco 2002 CAPC
Chef of the Year award.
Chef
John also taught and trained cooks at the Cecil Williams
Glide Memorial Church Outreach program, helping those
going through transitional times to better themselves,
their skills, and to promote the culinary profession.
He also represented several companies including: Corporate
Chef for Sierra Meat Co., Corporate Consulting Chef for
US Foodservice, Chef of the San Francisco Giants professional
baseball team and Consulting Chef for the American Culinary
"Chefs Best" in San Francisco. He has helped
to raise more than $124,000 for local charities in San
Francisco by auctioning himself off for private dinners.
A
talented chef we were fortunate enough to call friend,
please enjoy some of the recipe development we did together
through these links.
http://fandbi.com/Chefs/bios/kane_john.html.
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