Chef Peter Gebauer GMC
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“What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stop and stare?"
W.H. Davies, Welsh poet and writer
Sheperd Express
Nov. 17, 2010
Besides gambling, Potawatomi Bingo Casino is known for the quality of the food served by its catering department, its award-winning Dream Dance restaurant and 10 other food venues within the complex.
One reason for this is the casino’s Culinary Academy, a program modeled after courses taught at the Culinary Institute of America in New York.
The Culinary Academy is the brainchild of Potawatomi’s executive chef, Peter Gebauer. When Gebauer joined the team in 2006, his objective was to assess the culinary department and prepare it for the casino’s $240 million expansion. What Gebauer found was that there was no standard. Some people in leadership positions were completely qualified, while others had arrived there because of tenure and lacked the skills expected of their station. It was time not only to get everyone on the same page, but also to raise the bar. “As department head, it is my responsibility to provide the tools to bring culinary team members where I want them to be,” Gebauer explains. “That’s when I had to think about the Culinary Academy.”
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