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Chef Sharon Worster / Chef Brent Evans

Chef Sharon Worster

Sharon Worster became a Personal Chef after reading an article in "The Houston Chronicle" about a Personal Chef servicing the other side of Houston. The article was about how a chef turned her passion for cooking into a small business cooking for busy families. The article inspired Sharon to find out more. She phoned the chef to ask questions about the industry and discover how she too could turn her passion into profit. She started Neno's Personal Chef Service in The Woodlands, Texas and has been very successful. Her marketing plan turned up three new clients the very first week she began her service and she has never looked back.

Sharon worked in the medical field for 17 years as a nurse, working hours and hours for someone ELSE! After a stint in working in a hospital, she became the practice manager for physicians and spent a decade running physician practices. She left her hometown in Kentucky when her husband's job landed her in Texas. She knew she did not want to work for someone else because of her entrepreneurial spirit. Both of her grandmothers owned their own businesses and were a great inspiration for her, and like them, her love for cooking was beyond measure. She had always looked over their shoulders in the kitchen and her parents are both great cooks. Her Daddy has successfully passed the secret family recipe for homemade pizza on to Sharon. She also credits him for her awesome gravy making skills and homemade biscuits while her mother taught her the secrets of skillet cornbread and homemade cobblers.

With her nursing background, caring for and helping others is not new to Sharon and her love for business and cooking jelled perfectly. An autodidactic chef, she began mentoring other personal chefs while she was still learning herself. She has been able to combine her passions to develop a professional organization for other passionate cooks just like her. "Developing Personal Chefs Network® was a HUGE endeavor," says Chef Sharon. "I knew what we needed from a professional organization and decided that PCN could offer the best personalized support for Personal Chefs anywhere." "Working as a Personal Chef, I am never far from helping others find a solution to a question in the field since I am actively stirring the pot in my own client's kitchens and my business background allows me to help others realize their dream."

Sharon also has other streams of ideas that allowed her to join up with Brent Evans to form The Jewelry Kitchen. Brent and Sharon realized the need for kitchen and culinary themed jewelry and set out to fill the niche in the market. They now have artists in various locations making custom items, imported pieces, and homeland products as well. The Jewelry Kitchen features fun jewelry, paper items, magnets, key chains, stamps, and hand made chef inspired cards that are perfect for the culinary graduate or that special cook in your life. Sharon and Brent also own EZChef, a company that provides affordable websites for culinary professionals. By using EZChef.net clients have the ability to build their own websites using existing templates and a variety of colors and fonts.

On December 9, 2005 Sharon became CEO of Personal Chefs Network when she purchased her former business partners half of the company. December of 2005 brought a familiar face back into the PCN kitchen when Sharon announced Chef Brent Evans had been hired as President of Personal Chefs Network. Brent resides in Charlotte, NC where he is a successful personal chef. His unique background in the food service industry was the perfect match for PCN.

Personal Chefs Network now features Personal Chef Symposiums, Area Gatherings, and Regional Events all over the United States and has members world wide. Their list of membership attributes has grown significantly over the years as they became a major player in the Personal Chef Industry. They have been the feature of magazine articles, news stories, and web awards since their inception. Personal Chefs Network is the only association to feature their annual Golden Whisk Awards as part of their annual convention naming the Personal Chef of the Year, Personal Chef Website of the Year, Best Chef Website, Best New Marketing Idea, Newbie of the Year, and Best Personal Chef Marketing Materials.

Personal Chefs Network didn't start the Personal Chef Industry but they certainly re-created it and gave aspiring new personal chefs a place to belong. Sharon and Brent work diligently to insure their network meets the needs and standards for the newbie chef or the seasoned one. Their educational materials contain information for traditional personal cheffing, in-home catering, commercial kitchens, HMR, and future trends in the industry. Their impressive online network allows each member to be included in important food and cooking related discussions though the use of the Ultimate Bulletin Board® (UBB), DigiChat® Software, and state of the art functionality via their website.

Sharon and Brent split the duties between the Texas and North Carolina offices further developing their network and sharing their talents. What one can't do the other one surely can. They rely on different strengths to make Personal Chefs Network the leading organization for new and seasoned Professional Personal Chefs. Sharon's usual office hours are 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST and her toll-free number is 877.905.CHEF (2433). Chef Brent can be contacted in the NC offices by calling 1.888.905.CHEF (2433). If you hear the friendly voice message please leave your contact information for a return call.

E-mail ChefSharon@PersonalChefsNetwork.com
Visit her Website @ pcnchef.com/nenoandson

Brent Evans

Unlike so many in this industry Brent did not grow up watching or helping a parent cook, and had perhaps just a dozen recipes handed down to him. His interest has always been providing and teaching the best customer service possible. Brent’s food experience is mostly restaurant-based. He worked for a company in Cleveland which had many food service divisions: fine dining, gourmet market, corporate catering, upscale café and fine catering. He spent time in all of these, and more, working both in the kitchen and directly with customers.

Like many restaurant people Brent moved around, always wondering if it might be better to work for himself. He would stand in the grocery store with a basket on his arm thinking, "What's for dinner?" He noticed that there were a lot of other people doing the same. The difference was that he knew that he could ‘cook' dinner. What he saw so many others do was grab a ham steak, a potato to microwave and a bag of salad greens. They were fixing dinner, but they sure weren't cooking!

In 2001 he took the plunge and opened Brent Evans Personal Chef Service in Columbus, Ohio. With the help of Sharon Worster and the great Personal Chefs Network members he grew his business until he was cooking 4 or 5 days per week. No nights! No weekends! How great is that for a restaurant guy?

He appreciated what PCN was giving him, and in return started doing some volunteer work. He answered emails from aspiring members. He created and moderated the first Marketing Forum and became the unofficial back-up guy for Sharon and her then-partner, Chef Wendy Perry. And he loved every minute of it. PCN had done so much for him that he was happy to spend time helping others.

In December of 2005 Sharon asked Brent to take an official position as President of the company. It took about 5 seconds to realize that there was no down-side to the proposal and he has never looked back.

Brent says, “My job here is to help you, whether you are an aspiring member or a five-year veteran. I believe that my success is defined by yours.

As always, please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you.”

Toll-free in Charlotte, NC: 1-888-905-2433

Cell phone: 614-205-5187

Yahoo IM: pcn_brent

Skype: pcnbrent

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