James Koskiniemi
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| Born | February 16, 1977 Portland, Oregon |
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| Cooking style | French Californian |
| Education | California Culinary Academy, San Francisco 2005 Alumni |
James Koskiniemi (born February 16, 1977) is an American chef who is the recipient of the San Francisco Chefs Association 2010 Chef of the Year. James worked as the Executive Chef of The Bellevue Club in Oakland, California and as of 2011 owns and operates Chef James SF - Bay Area Culinary Services. He is a writer for the Culinarian Magazine, and is serving a third term as President of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Chefs Association - Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast ACF. He appeared on the cover of the February 2008 issue of the Culinarian Magazine.
When Chef James was six years old he won first place in a mens cooking competition and a culinary award from Alice Waters. At an early age he was introduced to Traditional French cooking by his father Ken who studied under Master Chef Ken Wolfe, and baking and pastry from his mother Peggy.
Chef James has an Associate of Occupational Studies in Le Cordon Bleu degree from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, California, and was the only one to graduate with full honors at the top of his class out of almost 700 students. In June 2007 Chef James was invited by the Adopt a Ship Program as a Chef Instructor on the Navy’s USS Boxer to train Culinary specialists in traditional techniques and help oversee the production of over 1200 meals per day. Chef James has worked in in other fields such as Computer Engineering, Graphic Art, and Personal Training.
He is the youngest President and Director of the San Francisco Chefs Association (CAPC) and was the youngest member of the Lake Merit Breakfast Club in Oakland, California. On October 17, 2010 Chef James won first place for preparing Crab and Potato Croquettes with a Sweet Kiwi Foam at the 10th annual Crabby Chef competition held at Spengers Fish Grotto in Berkeley, California.
[edit] Publications
- Koskiniemi, James. Sip and a Tastehttp://sfchefs.org/august07.pdf.
- Koskiniemi, James. Sip and a Tastehttp://sfchefs.org/sept07.pdf.
- Koskiniemi, James. Presidents Pagehttp://sfchefs.org/Feb08.pdf.
- Koskiniemi, James. Presidents Pagehttp://sfchefs.org/Mar08.pdf.
- Koskiniemi, James. Presidents Pagehttp://sfchefs.org/Apr08.pdf.
[edit] References
- Koskiniemi, James. http://www.chefjamessf.com.
- Serda, Clyde. http://sfchefs.org//Jan08.pdf.
- Smith, Erin. http://sfchefs.org/Feb08.pdf.
- Harris, Robert. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=30878.
- Harris, Robert. http://www.militarychef.com/1A/1_Sections/News/News_Navy/NewsNavy070730.html.
- Harrants, Michael. http://www.mageesbakeryfarm.com/articles/page.asp?articleid=7515.
- Cobb, Cassey. http://academiewines.com/content/chef-james-koskiniemi.
- Rufus, Anneli. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/10/17/croquettes-with-kiwifruit-foam-win-berkeley-cooking-contest.
