JEKYLL ISLAND EVENTS
IMPORTANT APPLICATIONSShrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival Chef Demonstrations
Saturday, September 19, 11AM
Chef Robert Rulko, Winn-Dixie's Corporate Chef, will present a cooking demonstration on the Pier Road Stage.
Meet Chef Robert!
Sunday, September 20, 11:30AM
Chef Joe Randall, of Joe Randall's Savannah Cooking School, will host a cooking demonstration on the Pier Road Stage.
Meet Chef Joe!
Chef Robert Tulko, Winn-Dixie’s Corporate Chef, is well-known throughout Northeast Florida and the entire Southeast. The affable Jersey City, NJ native is better known as “Chef Robert” to television viewers throughout the Southeast. His frequent appearance on WTLV-TV’s “Good Morning Jacksonville” and programs in Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Greenville and Spartanburg make him a familiar face as Winn-Dixie’s goodwill ambassador.
A graduate of New York University with a degree in Business Management, Chef Robert pursued a career as a chef after finding success in real estate and the restaurant business. He enrolled in a formal cooking school when he was in his early 40’s and graduated from the Southern Culinary Institute in St. Augustine, Florida. He’s been with Winn-Dixie for almost 10 years.
Chef Robert has worked in kitchens throughout Europe, the Orient and Caribbean. He also worked with the White House pastry chef, supplying edible Christmas ornaments for President and Mrs. Clinton’s personal Christmas tree.
“I work for a great company and love my work,” he said. “Whether it’s doing holiday lunches, executive dinners, food tasting, or baking cakes for special occasions, I get to have fun everyday.”
Chef Robert’s wife is Dr. Angela Martin, OBGYN. Hobbies include golf, cooking and French Cuisine.
Chef Joe Randall
Joe Randall is a forty-three year veteran of the hospitality and food service industry. The depth and range of his experience and his dedication to professional excellence, have earned him the respect of professional chefs as well as restaurant managers and owners.
He is noted for his capacity to teach, guide and advise others in the practical aspects of food quality and profitable food-service operations. Randall has worked his way up through the ranks from Air Force flight line kitchens to executive chef post at a dozen restaurants, including the award-winning Cloister Restaurant in Buffalo, New York and Baltimore's Fishmarket in Maryland.
He has owned and managed a catering firm and provided consultant services to restaurant operators. His broad experience, coupled with a talent and enthusiasm for helping others learn the craft and systems of restaurant excellence, resulted in his serving on the faculty of four schools.
Chef Joe Randall's uncle, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania restaurateur and caterer Richard L. Ross gave him a tease for a culinary career, he then completed apprenticeships under notable Chefs Robert W. Lee at Harrisburger Hotel and Frank E. Castelli at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Chef Joe Randall, seen on HGTV, the Food Network ("The Best of Ethnic Eateries" and Best of Prix Fixe), TurnerSouth (3-Day Weekend in Savannah), and many national and local television shows. The magic of Savannah and the city's love for good southern cooking lured Chef Randall to Georgia.