Posted on 12/23/2010 8:24:15 AM PST by lack-of-trust
The Atlantic Wire noted recently that the World Association of Chefs has named Master Sergeant Mark Morgan of the U.S. Army Rangers as one of the three best pastry chefs in the world.
The local newspaper of Fort Monroe, Va., where Morgan is based, reported the news. Morgan earned the distinction at the recent Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg, where he represented the U.S. culinary team and won two gold medals.
Morgan has also been honored in his day job as an Army Ranger. At some point during his six tours of duty--two in Iraq and four in Afghanistan--he was awarded the Bronze Star. He is currently the aide to General Martin Dempsey, who runs the Army Training and Doctrine Command, also known as TRADOC, at Fort Monroe.
From theatlanticwire.com
Active Duty Army Ranger Named #3 Pastry Chef in World > By Max Fisher | December 18, 2010 1:00pm
Presented By The World Association of Chefs has named Master Sergeant Mark Morgan of the U.S. Army Rangers as one of the three best pastry chefs in the world, as reported in the local newspaper of Fort Monroe, Virginia, where Morgan is based. He earned the distinction at the recent Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg, where he represented the U.S. culinary team and won two gold medals.
Morgan has also been honored in his day job as an Army Ranger. At some point during his six tours of duty--two in Iraq and four in Afghanistan--he was awarded the bronze star. He is currently the aide to General Martin Dempsey, who runs the Army Training and Doctrine Command, also known as TRADOC, at Fort Monroe. The local paper describes his prize-winning desserts:
His peanut butter ganache earned him third place among 55 pastry chefs. Morgan also prepared four desserts, which together, were called “Pumpkin and Spice”. They included a spiced pumpkin custard; walnut cake inside a coconut blossom; red currant compote; and a cinnamon beignet on poached pumpkin petals, a trio of cranberry, and honey, yogurt and pumpkin sorbet with a pumpkin-thyme essence.
If that's not impressive enough for you, Morgan was actually an alternate for the U.S. culinary team. He didn't know he would be competing until the regular pastry chef dropped out two months before the Luxembourg World Cup. The U.S. Army is not know for its loose "take a few weeks off to go follow your dreams" policies, but Morgan somehow found time to practice. "I'm not as good as I used to be – it’s been 10 years," he said. Those would be the 10 years when he was fighting in two wars.
Repeal of DADT is having effects already!................
When is he going to be on Food Networks Challenge?
That is insulting. I know many an Army and Air Force chef, none are gay, and most would have busted your nose for that comment.
Never get between an Army Ranger and a pastry tray. ;-)
Some of the best cooks I have known were/are men and none of them are dirt chute daredevils.
Rangers Lead The Way...
All the way
Being a former Marine, I couldn’t resist.......................
You have a problem with our military? Go back to DU.
/johnny
Former Marine.
Interservice rivalry................
Then act like a Marine or take it someplace else.
Some people REALLY need a sense of humor around here. I, too, am a former Marine (TOW missiles) and we used to always hassle the cooks (3381s, I believe) about their homo-erotic ways. They, in turn, ridiculed our sub-simian intellects, and inability to use tableware, and need to take off our pants to count to 11.
I’m Army and took no offense. That’s tame compared to what I’m used to! The jokes have been flowing freely since DADT was repealed. Some around here are kinda touchy.
Ping!
Cool post!
Ha! I was just about to ping you to this thread. I saw this guy on Fox and Friends the other day. He was great...
This is The Onion, right?
My cousin Billy was a cook in the Marines...nothing light in the loafers about him.
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