Live chat with Chef Tony Harris
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Chef Tony
Be sure to visit GetFitMississippi.com on Wednesday for a live chat with Tony Harris, executive chef at St. Dominic. Harris, known as "Chef Tony" at St. D., will be available to chat about diet specific foods, beginning a healthy diet and maintaining a lifetime of good eating habits.
• 10 a.m. Wednesday
• GetFitMississippi.com
• Chat, with St. D Executive Chef Tony Harris
From Harris' bio:
Chef Tony enjoys directing and executing the vast productions at St. Dominic’s - everything from patient nutrition, cafeteria production, deli and cafe units, physician dining and in-house catering. Another activity includes cooking demonstrations for corporate and community programs. Additional involvement, over the years, include various community related events and fund raisers such as Habitat for Humanity, Share Our Strength, Hospice Ministries, Mustard Seed, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Red Beans and Rice Festival, Mistletoe Market Place and Star Chefs for the March of Dimes.
He is the executive chef at St. Dominic Health Services and is a graduate of the distinguished Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Over the 27 years he has been in the food business, he has had the opportunity to work in various areas in the industry. Tony started at a high volume seafood restaurant in Destin, Florida and from there he has enjoyed hotel, fine dining, country inn, saloon eatery and country club work over the years.
Tony’s past achievements include:
ACFEI Certified Chef de Cuisine, American Culinary Federation
Jackson MS ACF Chapter ’95 “Chef of the Year”
First Place ‘94 “Taste of Elegance” Pork Cook-off
Peoples Choice Award ’95 “Sweet Southern Sensations” Dessert Competition
First Place ’92 Mississippi Cattleman Association’s “Best of Beef”
May ’96 St. Dominic Employee of the Month
Taste of the Nation ’98 “Best Tasting Table”
ZooParty ’98 &’99 “First Place Dessert” and ’02 “Best Overall Presentation”
International Ballet Competition’s Opening Reception at the Governor's Mansion, ‘98,’02 &’06.
