![]() Clifton’s first post was at the Famed Playboy Towers Hotel in Chicago. He enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America and worked full time, graduating with honors in 1975. During that time, his career goals came into clear focus. Sadly, we lost contact for about 11 years. I recommended that Windy replace me at Gallen Hall. ![]() It was natural that he should come to work for me when I returned to Pennsylvania to become the executive chef at Gallen Hall Chalet Country Club, near Reading Pa. His father continued to be an influence as Clifton first completed an apprenticeship, then following in his father’s footsteps, became owner and manager of a Newark coffee shop for several years.īut, it was sometime during the late 1960’s, while I was cooking in northern New Jersey at Llewellyn Farms Restaurant on Route10 that I met Windy Williams and we grew together as cooks and as friends. There are many great moments that Clifton and I spend together in the Kitchen Like so many of his contemporaries, Clifton got an early start in the industry, training with his father, the chef/owner of the Monterey restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. ![]()
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