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Elyria Coast Guard cook Don Rieger dreams of a renowned restaurant
Don Rieger of Elyria and later Washington DC based Coast Guard subsistence specialist rose from an honorable mention in a 1967 boys only barbecue sauce contest to win third in Chicago in 1970 in seafood and 1978 in poultry. He trained at Lorain vocational school and worked at McGarveys Vermilion and Spring Valley CC. He serves the Commandant and Admiral staff and plans study at CIA and possibly Le Cordon Bleu. He also authored a chaud froid recipe with butter flour broth gelatin wine cream and seasonings for coating fowl or fish.
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National Restaurant Association
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Lorain County
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Culinary Institute of America
Cordon Bleu
France