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WSCA Educational Event
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Location: Seattle Culinary Academy (Seattle Central College)
Event Info
Please join us for a WSCA Educational event on Wednesday, November 19th, 2025 at Seattle Central College’s One World Restaurant.
The Secret World of Proteins Lecture & Hands-On Practice
5:00–6:45PM
In this special educational event, Chef Michael Silver explains the nature of proteins and umami, detailing what they are and how we taste them. We’ll then break out into teams for a seasoning competition using umami and other condiments. Chef Silver (CEC, CEPC, CCE, CRC, CCS) is a nationally recognized expert in food science and Culinology. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington State Chefs Association and the Higher Education Committee of the Research Chefs Association and owns both a commercial food company and a café/bakery.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need additional information – michael@silver.org.
Location
Seattle, WA 98122
Times
5:00–6:45PM
Cost
Free
Reservations
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Welcome to the WSCA Meetings page! Join the WSCA today and start attending our monthly meetings. Each meeting includes dinner and a social/educational hour. These dinner meetings are a great chance to connect with culinary professionals of the Puget Sound region while enjoying amazing food. WSCA meetings are also a good way to learn how to earn national certification.
The Washington State Chefs Association is an educational culinary-community association and a chapter of the American Culinary Federation with contacts to:
The Restaurant Association
Women Chefs
Chaine de Rotisseurs
The Escoffier Society and Women’s Escoffier Society
Senior and Retired Chefs
R&D Chefs
Christian Camping Cooks
Brokers – Purveyors of fine food and culinary equipment
Junior and Apprenticeship members
Meeting information
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
If you wish to showcase your products through educational presentation or product tasting at our monthly meetings, please contact Roger Knapp.
HOST A MEETING
If you’re interested in hosting a dinner / meeting (usually the 2nd Monday of the month), please contact Roger Knapp.
SPONSOR A MEETING
If you are looking for a great advertising opportunity, you might want to consider sponsoring a WSCA meeting. For more information about becoming a meeting sponsor, please contact Roger Knapp.
VENDOR SPACES AVAILABLE
For Vendor Space at our meetings to showcase your products, please contact Roger Knapp.
MEETING EDUCATIONAL SEGMENT
We are looking for purveyors, growers, brokers and/or distributors who would be willing to make an educational and informational presentation to members of the Washington State Chefs’ Association at one of our monthly meetings.
Meetings are attended by area chefs, cooks, culinary students and associate members on the second Monday of the month at various locations in the Seattle metro area. A presentation should be 45 minutes to 1 hour in length and we will ask lots of questions (we will also buy you dinner).
If you would be willing to address our group of 60 or so interested culinarians, please contact Roger Knapp.