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Bird Key Yacht Club learns how to cook

56 members attended the chef demo and chose between two dishes for dinner.


  • By Katie Johns
  • | 11:03 a.m. September 11, 2016
  • Longboat Key
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Chef Brent Williams, of Bird Key Yacht Club, shared his kitchen secrets with club members Sept. 10.

Williams demonstrated how to cook the two entree options served that evening: steak Diane and red snapper with sherry shrimp sauce.

More than 50 people attended the event, which began with a cocktail hour. Williams told attendees his goal was to make them a menu of items they can’t get anywhere else.

Chef Brent Williams and social chairwoman Marshall Fernandez
Chef Brent Williams and social chairwoman Marshall Fernandez
Karin Jones and Bruce Myer
Karin Jones and Bruce Myer
Skip Tucker and Jose Fernandez
Skip Tucker and Jose Fernandez
Commodore Lynn Smith, Katherine Zimmerman and Kendall Smith
Commodore Lynn Smith, Katherine Zimmerman and Kendall Smith
Rachel and Bob Ziegler and Dodie and Al Dell’Aglio
Rachel and Bob Ziegler and Dodie and Al Dell’Aglio
Connor Tucker and Arnie Kropf
Connor Tucker and Arnie Kropf
Nancy Hoey, Susan Pinzino and Bev Vernon
Nancy Hoey, Susan Pinzino and Bev Vernon
Lynn Coffin and Jane Kidd
Lynn Coffin and Jane Kidd
John West, Brian McCarthy and John Roble
John West, Brian McCarthy and John Roble
56 Bird Key Yacht Club members attended a chef demo on Sept. 10.
56 Bird Key Yacht Club members attended a chef demo on Sept. 10.
Each table had a food-themed centerpiece.
Each table had a food-themed centerpiece.
Gary and Michele Fischman and Stephanie and Brian Hanson
Gary and Michele Fischman and Stephanie and Brian Hanson
Gary Coffin, Patricia Bailey and Bobby Marson
Gary Coffin, Patricia Bailey and Bobby Marson
56 Bird Key Yacht Club members attended a chef demo on Sept. 10.
56 Bird Key Yacht Club members attended a chef demo on Sept. 10.
Commodore Lynn Smith introduces Chef Brent Williams to the dinner crowd.
Commodore Lynn Smith introduces Chef Brent Williams to the dinner crowd.
Chef Brent explains how we made the guests’ dinner salads.
Chef Brent explains how we made the guests’ dinner salads.
While explaining each dish,  Chef Brent Williams shared his background in cooking with the guests.
While explaining each dish, Chef Brent Williams shared his background in cooking with the guests.
While explaining each dish, Chef Brent Williams shared his background in cooking with the guests.
While explaining each dish, Chef Brent Williams shared his background in cooking with the guests.
Chef Brent Williams begins cooking the steak diane dish.
Chef Brent Williams begins cooking the steak diane dish.
Members could choose between two dishes for dinner, red snapper with a sherry shrimp sauce or steak diane, pictured here.
Members could choose between two dishes for dinner, red snapper with a sherry shrimp sauce or steak diane, pictured here.

 

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