Photo Tour2015 GFEN-SGA Foodservice Workshop

Southwest GasFoodservice

DemonstrationCenter

InPhoenix, AZ

Southwest Gas Foodservice DemonstrationCenter in Phoenix, AZ

The Commercial Kitchen in the Southwest Gas Foodservice Demonstration Center

Wednesday Afternoon,

November 4, 2015

AD ` Michael Favela, Mgr., SW Gas and Steve Chucri, ARA President providing opening remarks at the workshop

Craig DeMarco, Founding Partner of Upward Projects, in his keynote address, describes the challenges and formula for success during a decade of repurposing facilities into award winning eateries

Tania Nelson, Director of Marketing for Cambro described their eight best practices in foodservice

marketing

Ann Lovcik, CenterPoint Energy, Lorri Davidson, SW Gas, & Melisa Marks, SoCalGas shared with the

group their recent foodservice marketing initiatives

https://youtu.be/dPfL9nj9B9I

Veronica Garza, Director, SGA and Rich Biljetina, ESC GFEN Coordinator provided an update onmarket initiatives for the commercial customer

Linda Brugler, Sr. Product Mgr., for Frymaster demonstrates the FilterQuick fryer. GFEN gratefully acknowledges the donation of the equipment tothe SW Gas Demonstration Center.

Attendees of the workshop are invited to a hands-on experience with the FilterQuick Fryer.

Linda Brugler preparing snacks for the attendees as a lead-in to the SW Gas sponsored reception

Thursday Morning,

November 5, 2015

Susan Sullivan, Business Development Mgr. for The Montague Company covering the design

features of their line of ovens and ranges

Workshop participants enjoying breakfast items prepared on the Montague range.

Lorri Davidson, SW Gas and Nicole O’Rourke, SoCalGas report the results of their work in placing more efficient fryers at customer locations

Burger Lounge - SoCalGas

Frank Johnson, GTI Foodservice RD&D, providing details on current foodservice equipment and burner development projects

Stacey Turek, Business Dev. Mgr., providing an overview of the Vulcan/Wolf range of commercial

kitchen equipment while the audience enjoys a tasty lunch prepared by Vulcan

Thursday Afternoon

Education & Training Session,

November 5, 2015

Justin McCallister, SRS Restaurant Design Consultant, provides an insight into commercial

kitchen design features and requirements

Mike Morgan, Captive Aire shows how proper kitchen ventilation ensures comfort and safety

while providing significant energy savings

Chef Andy Mayeshiba captures the attention of theworkshop attendees with his insight into the versatility and performance features of combi-ovens

Friday Morning

Education & Training Session,

November 6, 2015

Chef Andy works into the evening hours to prepare some gourmet food itmes in the Alto-Shaam CT PROformance

Combitherm oven for attendees of the workshop the day.

Armando Suarez explaining the versatility of the Groen Ergonomic Tilt Braising Pan while at the same

same time preparing breakfast items for the attendees

Richard Young, Director of Education, engages the audience with market insights and energy use data during

the closing feature presentation by Fisher-Nickel

….and most important the workshops continues to provide a valuable networking event for our

members…hope you enjoyed the tour!