This is the Photo Tour of the SGA Food Services Workshow by GFEN

1. Photo Tour
2015 GFEN-SGA Foodservice Workshop
Southwest Gas
Foodservice
Demonstration
Center
In
Phoenix, AZ

2. Southwest Gas Foodservice Demonstration
Center in Phoenix, AZ

3. The Commercial Kitchen in the
Southwest Gas Foodservice Demonstration Center

4. Wednesday Afternoon,
November 4, 2015

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

6. 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

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

8. Ann Lovcik, CenterPoint Energy, Lorri Davidson, SW
Gas, & Melisa Marks, SoCalGas shared with the
group their recent foodservice marketing initiatives
https://youtu.be/dPfL9nj9B9I

9. Veronica Garza, Director, SGA and Rich Biljetina,
ESC GFEN Coordinator provided an update on
market initiatives for the commercial customer

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

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

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

13. Thursday Morning,
November 5, 2015

14. Susan Sullivan, Business Development Mgr. for
The Montague Company covering the design
features of their line of ovens and ranges

15. Workshop participants enjoying breakfast items
prepared on the Montague range.

16. 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

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

18. 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

19. Thursday Afternoon
Education & Training Session,
November 5, 2015

20. Justin McCallister, SRS Restaurant Design
Consultant, provides an insight into commercial
kitchen design features and requirements

21. Mike Morgan, Captive Aire shows how proper
kitchen ventilation ensures comfort and safety
while providing significant energy savings

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

23. Friday Morning
Education & Training Session,
November 6, 2015

24. 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.

25. Armando Suarez explaining the versatility of the
Groen Ergonomic Tilt Braising Pan while at the same
same time preparing breakfast items for the attendees

26. Richard Young, Director of Education, engages the
audience with market insights and energy use data during
the closing feature presentation by Fisher-Nickel

27. ….and most important the workshops continues
to provide a valuable networking event for our
members…hope you enjoyed the tour!