Pat Dugan's enthusiasm for life, her sense of humor and her passion for food and cooking bubble forth in everything she does--and she does much. After retiring from Corning Incorporated in 2002, Pat began writing a weekly newspaper column, in addition to  work as a private chef, teacher and recipe developer.  She travels across the US, Canada, Australia and Europe with husband, Dr. Roy Ernst, Director of the International New Horizons Music Project, tasting and researching food trends and enjoying every minute of it!

Freelance Writer

• Foodly Yours, weekly newspaper column for The Star Gazette, Elmira, NY

• Writes food features and new home product blurbs for The Star Gazette, Elmira, NY

• Author of the feature article, “Better Breakfast,” Weight Watchers Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1997.

Recipe Development and Testing

Awards

• Grand Prize Winner, 2004 USA Rice Federation IACP, Five-Ingredient Challenge

Shrimpy Rice Brunch Bake

• First and Second Place, IACP Birkett Mills Buckwheat Contest, 2004

Buckwheat Muffin Squares

Lemon Blueberry Kasha Scones

• Runner-up, Norwegian Cod Recipe Contest for Norwegian Seafood Export Council

Stamp & Go, a contemporary Caribbean cod fritter, with Cranberry Sage Chutney 

• Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Chocolate/Chili Cookoff, second places for chili and chocolate

Melting Pot Chili

Double Decker Baron Brownies

In Books

• Supplied recipe for Gram’s Lemon Pudding for Puddings A to Z by Marie Simmons, 1999

• Developed half of the recipes published in Chicken Soup Cookbook, Doubleday, 1995

For Corporate clients

• Birds Eye, Rochester, NY

• Hilton Hotel, Corning, NY 

• Sysco Food Service, Elmira NY, recipes and demonstrations

• Constellation Brands, developed recipes for Dunewood Wines

• Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

• Corning Incorporated Consumer Products, Corning, NY, recipes for package inserts

• Corning Incorporated Culinary Services, Corning, NY 

• CC Grape Seed Oil, Corning, NY, recipes and demonstrations      

• National Fisheries Under-Utilized Fish Contest, recipe tester

• Hired to create celebrity luncheon menus and guest-oriented recipes for Kitty Carlisle,Carol Bellamy, and New York State Governor George Pataki by Women’s Center of the Southern Tier and Corning Incorporated Culinary Services.

Radio and TV Host  

• Radio show producer and interviewer,  “What’s On the Menu?” WCLI and WCBA radio. For 6 years I interviewed national experts during a one-hour weekly call-in show. Guests includedJulia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Paul Prudhomme, James McNair and Molly Katzen.

• Host and creator of “What’s On the Menu?” TV series, Syracuse New Channels, Syracuse, NY Series nominated for a cable television Ace Award

Cooking Teacher

• Daily summer cooking demonstrations at Corning Museum of Glass

• Cooking demonstrations at New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY

• Instructor at 171 Cedar Arts Center, Culinary Arts Program; Corning Community College, Continuing Education, Corning, NY; BOCES Staff Development, Fredonia, NY; Cooktique, Tenafly, NJ.        

Caterer and Private Chef 

• Private home parties for Fortune 500 Executives who work for Corning Incorporated and Dresser Rand

• Gatherings from 2- 300 guests, including weddings.

Food and Prop Styling

• Set up booths at the House Wares Show in Chicago and Gourmet Products Show in San Francisco for H.M. Kammenstein, international kitchenware manufacturer 

• Styled food and props for Corning Consumer Products packaging --Pyrex, Corning Ware, Visions, and Revere brands.

Food Service Supervisor

After thirteen years of food experience in Corning, NY, Corning Incorporated purchased my catering business and hired me as culinary planner and supervisor in the company’s Culinary Services Division, an independent $7 million foodservice program.  I was responsible for menu preparation and recipes for the chefs and kitchen staff in company cafeterias and catering. I coordinated all aspects of culinary events for the CEO and his staff of 8 executives, and supervised two restaurants at Corning Museum of Glass. In 1998 Food Service Director featured my work in “Bringing Culinary Planning to Corning’s Catering Biz.” 

 

Education / Training

• Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC--attended intensive weeklong leadership development program 

• Corning Community College, Corning, NY--Food Service Management Intern Program—six month full time food service management course taught by instructors from Cornell University Hotel School with internship in area restaurants. Acquired Applied Foodservice Sanitation certification from NIFI

• Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA--B.A., French and History Emphasis, Philosophy Minor  

• Personal Development Seminars: Philadelphia Restaurant School, IACP The Successful Professional seminar; food and prop styling courses including Two Dimensional Design, Corning Community College, Corning, NY and week long class with Donna Lafferty, “The Art of Styling Food”, Chicago; attended photo shoots for McCall’s Magazine.

Professional Affiliations