[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF CHEF DARRYL E. EVAN

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 2014

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart and 
solemn remembrance that I rise today to pay tribute to a great man and 
close friend, Chef Darryl E. Evans. Sadly, Darryl passed away on 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014. A home-going celebration in his honor 
will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at New Birth 
Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia. Interment will take 
place on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Green Acres Cemetery in 
Columbus, Georgia.
  A Columbus, Georgia native, Darryl was a graduate of Carver High 
School Class of 1979. In 1986, he graduated from the American Culinary 
Federation (AFC) apprenticeship at Georgia State University in Atlanta, 
Georgia.
  One of the very few executive chefs of color in the hospitality 
industry, he achieved national recognition and earned numerous awards 
and accolades throughout the years. He was the first African American 
to compete in the International Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, 
Germany, where he won three gold medals and one silver medal in 1988 
and 1992. He is a three-time recipient of the AFC Chef of the Year 
Award and was named Chef and Culinarian of the Year by the Greater 
Atlanta Chef's Association in 1991, 1993, and 1996. He has served as 
visiting Chef for numerous functions held by the United States Congress 
and various state governments.
  Throughout his career, Darryl trained and mentored generations of 
culinarians. He made a living from feeding others, but he truly 
fulfilled his calling by helping to feed the hungry through 
organizations such as Taste of the Nations, the 1993 World Cooks Tour 
for Hunger in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Children's Healthcare of 
Atlanta, as well as through his church, New Birth Missionary Baptist 
Church, where he served as the Chef of the church for many years.
  Darryl loved his life's work. He knew that food was much more than 
just for sustaining one's body. He strongly believed that food was an 
important part of history and culture--whether as part of signing a 
peace treaty, blessing an event or ceremony, or by simply bringing a 
family together.
  Darryl has achieved numerous successes in his life, but none of this 
would have been possible without the grace of God and his loving wife, 
Deborah; two sons, Brandon and Branford-Michael; and the rest of his 
devoted family and friends.
  Mr. Speaker, my wife Vivian and I, along with the more than 700,000 
people of the Second Congressional District salute Chef Darryl Evans 
for his numerous remarkable achievements. I ask my colleagues in the 
House of Representatives to join us in extending our deepest sympathies 
to Darryl's family, friends and loved ones during this difficult time. 
We pray that they will be consoled and comforted by an abiding faith 
and the Holy Spirit in the days, weeks and months ahead.

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