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Chef David Crabtree, assisted by his wife, Mary, won fourth place in the Seafood category at the 2021 World Food Championships.
Gulfport chefs compete
GULFPORT — Four chef teams representing The View Casino Resorts competed in November in the 2021 World Food Championships in Dallas, Texas. Representing The View were David Crabtree, executive chef, who placed fourth overall in the seafood category; Jackie Seavey, executive sous chef and former 2018 World Food Champion, who placed in the top 10 in the dessert category; Calvin Lipe, room chef, Dockside Deli, who competed in the soup category; and Deborah Thomas, room chef, The Diner, who competed in the bacon category.
Crabtree, assisted for the first time in his WFC competitions by his wife, Mary, won fourth overall out of 36 teams competing in the Seafood category. Finishing fourth gave Crabtree automatic entry into the 2022 World Championships.
Seavey placed in the top 10 competing for the first time in the Dessert Category with her team consisting of Mary Grace Moss, room chef, Prime Cut, and Seavey’s daughter, Sydney Adams.
Chefs Lipe and Thomas both just missed placing in the top 10 in their categories. Lipe teamed up with his wife, Angel, and competed in the Soup Category, just missing the top 10 by two places. Thomas, former sous chef to Jackie Seavey in the World Food Championships in 2018, competed in the Bacon Category.
Pep Rally
Bally’s properties across the country, including Bally’s Vicksburg, joined in a Zoom conference for a day of fun and food in April. Team members, who each received logo’d T-shirts, participated in drawings with prizes as everyone was welcomed into the Ballyverse.
Run Thru History
WaterView Casino Hotel
participated in the 43rd Annual Run Thru History in March. The event returned to the Vicksburg National Military Park. WaterView team members who laced up their shoes for the run were (from left) Kristy
Brister, Robert Owens and Michelle Collins, along with Joyce Beacham and Ruth Funches. Owens placed second in his age group, and Beacham received the Senior Masters distinction with her time.
Harrah’s Gulf Coast held quarterly meetings in April to provide employees with updates on the property and other company information. Cortney Wisniewski (center), front desk clerk, was just one of the employees who won a prize at the meetings. Pictured with property executives, Wisniewski won an electric bicycle.
2022 Social Impact Council already at work at Beau Rivage
Quarterly Meetings
BILOXI — Beau Rivage’s 2022 Social Impact and Sustainability Council (SIS) recently announced this year’s officers and program of work, including a Mardi Gras bead recycling project. The SIS Council is led by Cathy Riedel, casino executive host, and Patricia Curtis, slot operations.
Additional members of the council include Jordan Thomas, dining services; Rozett Brown, spa manager; Peter Jones, security manager; Sugheiry Colondres, casino finance senior manager; Hassan Shahlaei, banquets
director; Angie Creel, learning and development partner; Ginger Nelson, investigations manager; Jackie Callegari, casino control coordinator; and Elisabeth Naff, engagement and communications partner.
In February, the SIS Council hosted
a Mardi Gras bead recycling project. Employees collected more than 580 pounds of beads and presented them to the Mississippi Aquarium, which in turn, worked with the nonprofit group Arc of Greater New Orleans to clean, repair and repurpose the beads for next year.
Social Impact and Sustainability Council
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