Culinary Team

The culinary team at Concordia has over 200 years of combined experience. Each culinary staff member has their own unique background and foodservice experience.

Chef Phillip Edwards

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Chef Phil earned a degree in culinary arts from the Art Institute of Colorado and completed the Chiang Mai School of Thai Cooking in Thailand. He joined the Concordia culinary team in 2011 with 10 years of culinary experience. His past positions include cooking in Antarctica, banquet chef at the DoubleTree and executive chef at the Independent in Minneapolis.

Sous Chef Bruce Rensvold

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Sous Chef Bruce has over 20 years experience in the culinary field with 12 years as a supervisor or manager. He has spent time with a master chef who taught him culinary skills include how to identify ingredients in a sauce without a recipe.

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Jim Adamczyk

Jim has been in culinary services for 38 years. Four of those years have been at Concordia. Prior to joining the Concordia team, he was the Head Chef at Pier 38 Supper Club and the Lanteins Supper Club. He has been the Sous Chef at Fair Hills Resort and the Biltmore Motor Lodge. He has also worked Coral Isle Café, Polynesian Village and Tongarou Terrance, all located in Walt Disney World.

Jim's favorite thing to eat is Asian food and he loves to cook anything in the wok at Explore.

Fun fact: owns and operates two small businesses.

Jen Teichmann

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Brenna Grund

Brenna has been in culinary services for 29 years, four and a half of those years have been at Concordia. Before coming to Concordia, she owned a local bar and grill for 30 years.

Her favorite foods to eat are pasta or soup. Her favorite foods to make are appetizers.

Fun fact: had a booth at the Redhawk Stadium for four years.

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Emil Heckman

Emil has been in culinary services for 32 years, an impressive 15 years have been spent at Concordia.  Emil started his culinary adventure at the first Hardees in Minnesota. Before he ultimately received his position at Concordia, Emil also worked at several other restaurants including a Marriot in Colorado. 

Emil loves to try all of the different foods served at Concordia and loves to prepare them as well, especially stir fry. 

Fun fact: likes to listen to the old time radio shows from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

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JD Hewson

JD has been in culinary services for 12 years, 3 of which have been at Concordia. JD has worked at Bennigans, Royal Fork, Hardees, Merit Care Hospital and Foodservices of America.

His favorite thing to eat is rib eye steak and shrimp scampi.  One of his favorite foods to make is the Fresh Yukon Gold mashed potatoes served in Anderson.

Fun fact: proud father to a brand new baby boy, Jade, born in early 2010.

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Bob King

Bob has been in culinary services for 14 years, two of which have been at Concordia. Bob honed his skills at restaurants in the area such as Sarello’s, Hotel Donaldson and Yuki Hana Sushi.

His favorite food to eat is plum dumplings with melted butter and sugar. Bob loves to cook Armenian rice with butter and pine nuts.

Fun fact: owns an old school house in the country.

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Heidi King

Heidi has a two year culinary arts degree and has been working in culinary services for 16 years. This is her second year at Concordia. She has also worked at Basies, Sarellos and Nicholes Fine Pastry.

Heidi’s favorite cuisines are Italian and sushi, especially yellow tail tuna. At Concordia, she loves making soups.

Fun fact: has a cat name Peapod.

Scott Johnson

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David Stolcup

David (Davis) has been in culinary services for 40 years, four and a half of those years have been at Concordia. He has worked at the Brown Palace in Denver and was the executive chef for the VIP Room in Fargo. Davis was also co-owner of the Fargo restaurant PD’s.

His favorite foods to eat and make are seafood and Greek food.

Fun fact: has an off the wall sense of humor.

Rhonda Woodworth

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