Featured Chefs

Executive Chef/Food and Beverage Director, Justin Hunt, brings a wealth of culinary successes to the Mills House Wyndham Grand. An outstanding career has come full circle after growing up on Long Island, attending the College of Charleston and The Art Institute of Charleston, and now at the Mills House. His journey has included successes in... Read More

Jason Hook founded H2O Kitchen, a private dining, catering and consulting company, in January 2014. The company’s unusual name traces back to the place where the concept was born: a waterfall at Powder Valley Inn in Zionsville PA. H2O Kitchen is a mobile business model. For example, Jason can be found managing a cooking demo... Read More

Chef Scott was born in Syracuse, NY raised in nearby Penn Yan, a quaint hamlet of 5,000 in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes. The surrounding area is rural, known for dozens of fine vineyards and family-owned farms. Watching his mother turn fresh seasonal produce from local farm stands into steaming hot pies and... Read More

After years of working at Michelin-starred restaurants, Chef Yuhi Fujinaga recently assumed responsibility as Executive Chef overseeing daily operations at Morimoto Asia, a new pan-Asian restaurant concept at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World in Orlando FL.  The restaurant is the brainchild of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and is his first-ever pan-Asian restaurant. Chef Yuhi... Read More

As the sun burns off the early morning mist, one sees the most picturesque site in Schuylkill County, PA, the historic Schuylkill Country Club. This private golf club, founded in 1921, sits on 113 scenic acres in Orwigsburg, PA.  Many of its 500 members enjoy a fine round of golf on its challenging 18 hole... Read More

Renowned chef, reality television personality and cookbook author, Jennifer Hill Booker has collaborated over the years with celebrity chefs and famous restauranteurs like Giada Laurentis and Mario Batali. Jennifer originally discovered her passion for food as a child cooking beside her mother, grandmother and aunts. Southern-born, Jennifer traveled to Paris to study French cooking at... Read More

Executive Chef Ken Gladysz is truly a “Global Chef”. His culinary journey, which began in Florida, has taken him as far afield as the Middle East and the Asia Pacific markets. Gladysz first entered the culinary field in 1981. He served as sauté chef at Aldo’s Black Pearl, a fine-dining restaurant in Sarasota, Florida and... Read More

Chef Daniel Goulet is, according to his country club employer, one of the finest chefs in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania. His career has come full circle, beginning at age 16 as a busboy at the Lords Valley Country Club in Hawley, PA. As a teenager, Daniel worked directly under the club’s head chef, where... Read More

Nestled in the pasturelands of the Lehigh Valley sits one of Pennsylvania’s most picturesque Historic Hotels, the Glasbern Country Inn. The Inn’s 150 acre sustainable farm property includes a 19th century restored barn, converted stables, tractor sheds and pond supporting a herd of Scottish Highlands cattle. The Glasbern Inn is famous for hosting picture-perfect weddings,... Read More