Oklahoma Clubs Swap Chefs for Culinary “Odysseys”

Two of Oklahoma’s top private clubs—Southern Hills CC in Tulsa and Gaillardia CC in Oklahoma City—hosted, and had their executive chefs prominently featured in, the Odyssey de Culinaire.

by C&RB Staff (editor@clubandresortbusiness.com)
August 2008
 

Two of Oklahoma’s top private clubs—Southern Hills CC in Tulsa and Gaillardia CC in Oklahoma City—hosted, and had their executive chefs prominently featured in, the Odyssey de Culinaire events put on by the Oklahoma Restaurant Association this summer.

The first dinner at Gaillardia brought Devin Levine of Southern Hills and chefs from four other leading Tulsa-area restaurants to Oklahoma City, to prepare special dishes for a six-course meal with accompanying wine selections.

Then two weeks later, at Southern Hills, the tables were turned to bring Gaillardia’s Brad Evers and others from Oklahoma City-area restaurants to Tulsa for a similar event.

The restaurant association sold tickets to the evenings on a limited, first-come, first-served basis, with each individual dinner costing $125 but both available at a special discounted price of $200. Both evenings benefited the restaurant association’s Hospitality Career Initiative, by raising funds for teacher training and development, materials and resources for student recruitment, assistance with job placement for internships, graduate employment and industry-driven events for hospitality students, and other education and mentoring programs to help develop the skills needed for culinary and hospitality careers.