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REGIONAL CHEFS
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CHRIS BAITTINGER
Executive Chef, Wilmington STIR and Meals for Shields, Wilmington, DE. Past: Zanzibar
Blue, The Exchange on Market, Chelsea Tavern, Ulysses American Gastropub, Light Up
The Queen Foundation.
JENNIFER BALLINTYN
Pastry Chef Owner, Jes Made Bakery, Lenni, PA. Past: Hotel du Pont, Cannon’s Bakery,
Ritz Carlton Amelia Island. Awards: silver medal in the Intercollegiate Baking Competition at Johnson & Wales University.
DAVID BANKS
Corporate Executive Chef, Harry’s Hospitality Group; Co-Owner, Harry’s Seafood Grill,
Harry’s Fish Market + Grill, Kid Shelleen’s Charcoal House & Saloon, Wilmington, DE.
Share Our Strength “Taste of the Nation” Chair since 1994.
JASON BARROWCLIFF
Executive Chef, Brandywine Prime Seafood and Chops, Chadds Ford, PA. Past: Domaine
Hudson, Toscana to Go, Wilmington Country Club, Dilworthtown Inn. Has taught at The
Inn Keeper’s Kitchen and at Celebrity Kitchen.
“FAT RICK” BETZ
Chef Owner, Fat Rick’s BBQ Catering & Event Planning, Wilmington, DE, the largest
mobile wood-burning BBQ caterer in the region. Past: Miz Walt’s Chicken, Fat Rick’s
BBQ & Blues Restaurant.
LUDOVIC BEZY
Executive Chef, Michele’s at Dover Downs, Dover, DE. Founder of Chef’s Fight for Your
Heart, a healthy chef competition to spread awareness about heart disease and raise
money for the American Heart Association.

RONNIE BURKLE
Chef, Northeast Seafood