Cell/Office 01-215-801-5540  

                                                          Cooking or Whatever

Food Stylist Resume

Christopher J. Koch

 

635 Fairhill Ave, Langhorne, PA 19047

Mobile: 215-801-5540 / Home: 215-891-9232

www.chef-chris.com / Email:  chris@chef-chris.com

 

Author: - “Learning the Basics – A Home Cook’s Guide to the Kitchen”, RoseDog Publishing, 2004

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Kitchen Director –  Over-air / Cable TV

 

  • Comcast Cable - Digital Cookbook, 2007 - present
  • Epicurious TV, Travel Channel, 1998 – 2006
  • Christina Cooks, Comcast/PBS, 1998 –present
  • 15 and Done, Comcast, 2005

 

Food Stylist

 

  • Lactaid POP shoot, Bradford Noble Photography/Rivet Global, 2009
  • PA Lottery, ‘Wing Bowl’, Accordion/Marc Advertising, 2009
  • Hatfield Meats, NFL Films, 2008
  • Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, Phasmatrope Studios, 2008
  • Splenda Webcast, Keystone Pictures, 2008
  • Junior League of Philadelphia Cookbook, Goldenberg Photography, August 2008
  • CNN-TV, Newark Airport CCTV, Masterminds/Shooters Post and Transfer, July 2008
  • Dinner Impossible, Shooters Post and Transfer/Food Network, June 2008
  • ParkPlace Magazine, Fine Foods, October 2007
  • Fresh Finds Catalog, September 2007
  • Hussman Corporation, Sales Sheets, July 2007
  • New Jersey Monthly, Goldenberg Photography, 2007 “Cheap Eats” February, 2007
  • Kitchen-aid, Book and the Cook, 2005
  • Jim Coleman’s “Taste of America”, PBS, 2005
  • Universal Pictures/Discovery Channel, 2001, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
  • FP Featured Products, 1998 – 2002
  • T-Fal Cookware, 1999 – 2002
  • JCM, Inc, QVC, 1999 – 2002
  • REWarden, QVC, 1999 – 2002
  • Proctor and Gamble, 1998 – 2002
  • Forest Enterprises, 1998 – 2002
  • HealthQuest Magazine, 1999
  • Char-Crust, 1999 – 2001
  • Quaker Oats, 2000
  • QLM Marketing/Gerber Foods, 2000/Open Pit BBQ, 2000
  • ARAMARK, 2002 – 2004
  • UNC Press, 2004

 

Professional Culinary Experience

 

  • Culinary Director, The Cooking School at the Marketplace at East Falls, 2009-
  • Executive Chef / F & B Director, Middletown CC, Langhorne, PA, 2000 – 2002
  • Sous Chef, Black Walnut, Doylestown, PA, 2000  
  • Banquet Chef, Bluebell CC, Bluebell, PA, 1998 – 2000
  • Chef De Tournat, Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA 1996 – 1998
  • Commis, Le Grande Monarque, Chartres, France 1998

 

EDUCATION

 

The Restaurant School of Philadelphia, 1997, AOS, Chef Training, Salutatorian

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1979 - 1982 BA, Telecommunications,

Indiana Vocational Technical College, 1979, HVAC

Richmond Senior High School, 1974

 

ASSOCIATIONS

 

CASA, Member 2006

Certified Instructor, National Restaurant Association, 1998 - present

Board of Directors, DVCA, 1998 – 2000

Board of Directors, Children’s Cultural Center of Bucks County, 1994 -1996

Past President, Board of Directors, ASP Housing Corporation

 

AWARDS

 

International Who’s Who, 2000

Certified Culinarian, American Culinary Federation, 1998

President’s Award for Service, DVCA, 1998

Account Executive of 1988, Leigh Stowell and Co

Delta Beta Xi Service Award, 1985

 

INTERESTS

 

Golf, Woodworking, Black Belt Haidong Gumdo – Korean Sword Art, Vegetable Gardening