{"id":5166,"date":"2019-11-13T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-gordon-food-service.pantheonsite.io\/behind-the-table-chef-scotty-petersen\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:48:51","slug":"behind-the-table-chef-scotty-petersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/behind-the-table-chef-scotty-petersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Table: Chef Scotty Petersen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Scotty Petersen has never been one to take the easy way out. He famously spent one humid Fourth of July lying on sheet trays underneath the dish machine cleaning out floor drains with his hands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a doer,\u201d says Chef Scotty, head chef and part-owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/speakezlounge.com\/\">Speak EZ Lounge<\/a> in Grand Rapids, Michigan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since he was a teenager, Chef Scotty has called the kitchen home, working in various levels and styles in the food industry. When he started Speak EZ in 2012, he wanted to create a culture of respect, which starts by working side-by-side with his staff in their small, but efficient, kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[My staff] know I have their backs no matter what,\u201d Chef Scotty says. \u201cI don\u2019t demand respect, I earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chef Scotty\u2019s contagious energy and honesty translate to Speak EZ\u2019s menu, where the dishes cater to diverse cravings and diets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA lot of my inspiration comes from historical themes and places. I love to reimagine old-school dishes with new-school flair.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of these \u201cnew-school flair\u201d dishes is Banh Mi Jackfruit Sliders, which pairs pulled jackfruit tossed in a Thai cashew-peanut sauce served in mini-bao buns with a ginger-carrot-jalapeno slaw. Chef Scotty says nobody in the area was using jackfruit and rarely was it paired with Thai flavors.<\/p>\n<p>For Chef Scotty, the proof of his hard work is in the taste. Throughout his career, he\u2019s used savviness and instinct to create dishes that delight his customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the challenges we have here, it\u2019s made me a better chef.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/ideas\/recipe\/chef-scottys-housemade-balsamic-vinaigrette\">Click here to get Chef Scotty Petersen\u2019s Housemade Balsamic Vinaigrette recipe.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/become-a-customer\">Click here if you want to learn more about working with Gordon Food Service.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Scotty Petersen has never been one to take the easy way out. He famously spent one humid Fourth of July lying on sheet trays underneath the dish machine cleaning out floor drains with his hands.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m a doer,\u201d says Chef Scotty, head chef and part-owner of Speak EZ Lounge in Grand Rapids, Michigan.&nbsp; Since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culinary-ideas","category-k12-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Behind the Table: Chef Scotty Petersen | Gordon Food Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/behind-the-table-chef-scotty-petersen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Behind the Table: Chef Scotty Petersen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chef Scotty Petersen has never been one to take the easy way out. 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