Certified Executive Chef
Certified Culinary Educator
Chef Wutsch is a Certified Executive Chef and a Certified Culinary Educator and has been with Indiana University of Pennsylvania since 1991. He previously held the positions of department chairperson and chef instructor for the University of Montana College of Technology and chef instructor at the Florida Culinary Institute. Chef Wutsch has owned and operated catering businesses in Montana and Florida. Catering upscale events throughout Palm Beach, Florida, including a fundraiser at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, provided him with broad industry experience.
Chef Wutsch has received numerous Outstanding Instructor awards, a Best of Show award in the Taste of Montana competition, and was recognized by the local ACF Chapter as Chef of the Year in 2001. Retained by Simon & Schuster Publishers to review culinary book manuscripts, Chef Wutsch has also self published two cookbooks, The Art of Barbecuing and Grilling Game and The Art of Cooking Venison. In addition, he writes cooking columns for national magazines conducts cooking seminars at national conventions and conducts radio and television interviews and demonstrations.
Chef Wutsch was a presenter at the National American Culinary Federation Convention Educational Seminar on Teaching Methods. He graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America and earned a B.S. in Education, summa cum laude, from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Chef Wutsch is an expert on game cookery. He regularly demonstrates cooking and butchering at major outdoor sporting shows, including the National Pheasant Fest in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show held at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
