The Houston Area Chapter of Personal Chefs Network was the FIRST chapter to gather at Personal Chefs Network and they meet every six weeks to share information, take cooking classes, teach cooking classes, enter cooking contests, discussing marketing strategies, share recipes, and to enjoy each other's company!

June 2004

Houston Area Gathering June 2004
Knife Skills Class
We invited the Dallas chapter of PCN to join us


Here we are in Norie's beautiful commercial kitchen. Left to Right: JBenR Friberg, Sheri Fulton, Beth Arnold, Norie Berndt, Matthew Perry, Grace Galloway, Jan Girndt, Sharon Worster, and Jay Burgess.


Same peeps in a different shot.

May 2004


This PCN Houston Area Gathering was held on the southwest side of town. Left to right: Matthew Perry, Jay Burgess, Sharon Worster, Pat Day, Katherine Carr, and Grace Galloway.


Grace made this beautiful welcome for us!


Left to Right: Pat Day, Katherine Carr, Sharon Worster, Grace Galloway, Norie Berndt, Jay Burgess, and Matthew Perry

March 2003

The Houston Area Chapter of Personal Chefs Network met at Cafe Express in Uptown Park on March 7, 2003. Presiding over the meeting was Head Chef Norie Berndt. The chapter discussed upcoming food events, business ideas, elected new officers, and Sharon Worster gave a pressure cooker demonstration.


Our group from left front around to right front:
Chermayne Kennedy, Jan Girndt, Jay Burgess, Sharon Worster, Holly Heath,
 Antonette Woodward, Norie Berndt, and Sharon and Mark Hamilton.


Pictured here are Jay Burgess and Antonette Woodward,
our new Sous Chef and Head Chef respectively.

December 2002

On December 13, 2002 the Houston Chapter of Personal Chefs Network met in the home of Chermayne Kennedy for their annual Christmas Gathering. They enjoyed a meal of Crawfish Etouffee and various appetizers before sharing gifts.

Left to right: Chermayne Kennedy, Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of Personal Chefs Network),
 Holly Heath, Jan Girndt (back), Norie Berndt, and Jay Burgess.

November 2002

Pictured Left to Right: Amy Moorman, Chef Effects, Carol Boise, In Home Entrees and Beth Arnold, Beth's Culinary delights.

The pictures are of the Personal Chef's Fair held on November 23 at Sam's Club in Irving, TX where local Personal Chefs Network members entertained the crowds with wonderful food samples.

August 2002

August 2, 2002 was the date for the PCN Houston Area Gathering, held in the home of Norie Berndt, Head Chef of the Houston Chapter. Newly elected Sous Chef for the Chapter is Annette Woodward of Houston. Norie was hostess for a lobster boil! Following dinner a powerful meeting was called by Chef Norie to discuss upcoming area events. To find out more about joining us in the Houston area contact Chef Norie @ chefnorie@personalchefsnetwork.com or Co-Founder of PCN, Sharon Worster, @ ChefSharon@PersonalChefsNetwork.com

It takes two hands to handle a WHOPPER!



Antonette Woodward, Pat Day, and Sharon Worster with TINY

Norie Berndt and Jay Burgess STIR THE POT!!

Sharon Worster and Antonette Woodward ham it up!

Jay Burgess, Antonette & Mark Woodward, Sharon Worster, and Pat Day await dinner!

Sharon and Norie adding lobster to the pot

Sharon with TINY!

December 2001

The Houston Area Personal Chefs Network Christmas Gathering was held in the famed Galleria Mall at The Cheesecake Factory where they enjoyed lunch together and had their annual gift auction.   This year the chapter welcomed several new members to the organization and shared information about how they obtained their first clients and marketing tips for the coming new year.

Here is Chef Sue Gaughenbaugh holding her new cookbook hoping no one will pick it as THEIR gift!  This was also Sue's going away party as she is moving to New York City to attend culinary school.

Sue Gaughenbaugh and Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of Personal Chefs Network) show off their gifts.  Sharon received a beautiful basket full of goodies from her favorite kitchen store, Sur La Table, from Darrell Riley. Darrell is a Personal Chef from Dallas that was in town for the area gathering.

A group shot in front of the ice skating rink in
The Gallery from left to right:  John and Lynda Kramer - a mother and son
team from Kingwood, TX, Sue Gaughenbaugh (rear), Norie Berndt - PCN Network Advisory Council team member, Darrell Riley - Dallas, TX, Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of PCN) and Sabrina Harris - Houston, TX.

Sabrina Harris from Houston, TX.

Norie Berndt (Pearland, TX) and Sue Gaughenbaugh
(Houston) open their gifts!

December 2000

We meet for dinner all the time! Left to right: Sue Gaughenbaugh, Kristy Schaefer, Norie Berndt (Head Chef of Houston Chapter), Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of PCN and President of Western Division and Canada)

Chef Sharon Worster dishes up some of
Buca de Beppo's awesome Chicken Marsala!

Sabrina Harris and Sharon Worster with Chef Elton


Show left to right: Pat Day, Sabrina Harris, Norie Berndt (Head Chef of the Houston Chapter), Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of PCN and President of the Western Division and Canada), Sue Gaughenbaugh (rear), our waitress in white, and Kristy Schaefer in front.

December 2000


Shown left to right: Sue Gaughenbaugh, Kristy Schaefer, Norie Berndt (Head Chef of the Houston Chapter), Sharon Worster (Co-Founder of PCN and President of the Western Division and Canada), Nancy Learmonth, and Mary Eileen Raybould.


Personal Chef Pat Day (in antlers) and Chef Mary Eileen Raybould
start the Christmas Gift Auction!


Head Chef of the Houston Chapter, Norie Berndt, got the Patti LaBelle cookbook, but did she get to keep it?

Houston Area PCN Chapter

Head Chef: Norie Berndt