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Who is Chef

I am Jerry Pank, aka Chef, the founder, funder, editor and creator of Cookipedia. I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however I am a computer programmer, not a Chef! I chose the pseudonym because it seemed like a good idea at the time. It feels a bit pretentious now but it's too late to change, so my apologies to real chefs.

Norfolk Jazz

I fund and run the server and website for our fabulous local jazz club: UpwellJazzClub.co.uk

Our local jazz club, based in Christchurch Community Centre, Norfolk, Rd PE14 9LL, holds Sunday Lunchtime Jazz Sessions about four times a year. These fantastic events have starred World Class Jazz Musicians over twenty odd years, an amazing feat for our sleepy little village! There's a fabulous clarinet gig coming up in March this year.

Favourite chefs

Jamie Oliver - I love his style of cooking, enthusiasm and method of presentation. He may be a mockney, so what!
Rick Stein - When he's cooking in some town square on a Gaz stove, loaded with wine!
Antonio Carluccio - I love his rustic style of cooking and passion for local ingredients.

Favourite musicians

Music is my life blood. Period.

Current Favourite Band: Redemption, a local funk-rock-jazz=influenced band with a fabulous sax player, formerly of JTQ [James Taylor Quartet], John Wilmott. A superb player and a good friend. There are many other wonderful session guys in this Norfolk band.
Biggest influence: Pat Metheny / Herbie Hancock / Quincy Jones / Gilles Peterson / Stevie Wonder / Gino Vanelli / Montreaux Jazz Festival
Band: The Jazz Crusaders / The Average White Band / Led Zeppelin / Deep Purple / Gino Vanelli / Tower of Power / Aerosmith / Pat Metheny Group
Songwriter/Composer: Joni Mitchell / Stevie Wonder / Rickie Lee Jones / Carlos Jobim / Gill Scott-Heron / Dave Bowie / Dean Friedman
Keyboards: Bill Evans / Keith Jarrett / Herbie Hancock / Lyle Mays / Eliane Elias
Male Vocal: Mark Murphy / Jon Lucien / Ed Motta / Donnie Hathaway / Louis Prima / Boz Scaggs / Al Jarreau / Jose James / Chet Baker / Georgie Fame
Female Vocal: Sarah Vaughan / Ella / Joni / Rickie Lee Jones / Toki Asako
Guitar: Pat Metheny / Lee Ritnour / Carlos Santana / Hendrix / Jeff Beck
Bass: Marcus Miller / Jaco Pastorious
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta / Dave Weckl / Kim Plainfield (Jon Lucien's band) / Stevie Wonder / Billy Cobham
Sax: Dave Sanborn / Stan Getz / Michael Brecker
Brass: Miles Davis / Freddie Hubbard / Chuck Mangeone

All-time favourite: Pat Metheny

Where I work

I am retired now, living in rural Norfolk. I still dabble with The Internets and I am a Volunteer at Cats Protection, Downham Market.

For the last seven years we've been visiting our local jazz club Upwell Jazz Club and now I am pleased to say that I help in the running of the club and its events; nothing too difficult, just putting out the tables and chairs, making sandwiches and building and running the Jazz Club's website: www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk. I hope you enjoy it!

Contacting me

The easiest way to contact me is to use the Contact the Editor page. I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.

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 ===Who is Chef===
 I am Jerry Pank, aka ''Chef'', the founder, funder, editor and creator of Cookipedia.  I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however I am a computer programmer, not a Chef!  I chose the pseudonym because it seemed like a good idea at the time.  It feels a bit pretentious now but it's too late to change, so my apologies to real chefs.
+===Norfolk Jazz===
+* I fund and run the server and website for our fabulous local jazz club: [https://www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk UpwellJazzClub.co.uk]
+Our [https://www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk local jazz club], based in Christchurch Community Centre, Norfolk, Rd PE14 9LL, holds Sunday Lunchtime Jazz Sessions about four times a year.  These fantastic events have starred World Class Jazz Musicians over twenty odd years, an amazing feat for our sleepy little village! There's [https://www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk/Pete_Neighbour_Julian_Stringle_22_03_2025.html a fabulous clarinet gig coming up in March this year].
 ===Favourite chefs===
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 * '''Rick Stein''' - When he's cooking in some town square on a Gaz stove, loaded with wine!
 * '''[[Celebrity_Chefs_on_Desert_Island_Discs#Antonio_Carluccio_-_broadcast_6th_July_2008|Antonio Carluccio]]''' - I love his rustic style of cooking and passion for local ingredients.
+[[Image:Chef.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artwork by [http://www.rachelpank.co.uk '''Rachel Pank''']]]
-===Favourite sport===
+[[Image:Tom and Jerry.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tom and Jerry,sadly, no longer with us.]]
-An ex white-water canoeist, surfer, windsurfer and skier, I now enjoy retirement in the Norfolk countryside.
 ===Favourite musicians===
 '''Music is my life blood. Period.'''
+* '''Current Favourite Band:''' [[:Category:Redemption - Jazz - Funk - Rock and Roll|Redemption]], a local funk-rock-jazz=influenced band with a fabulous sax player, formerly of JTQ [James Taylor Quartet], John Wilmott.  A superb player and a good friend.  There are many other wonderful session guys in this Norfolk band.
 * '''Biggest influence:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny Pat Metheny] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones Quincy Jones] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Peterson Gilles Peterson] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Vanelli Gino Vanelli] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreaux_Jazz_Festival Montreaux Jazz Festival]
 * '''Band:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Crusaders The Jazz Crusaders] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Average_White_Band The Average White Band] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple Deep Purple] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Vanelli Gino Vanelli] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power Tower of Power] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith Aerosmith] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny_Group Pat Metheny Group]
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 * '''Brass:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard Freddie Hubbard] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Mangione Chuck Mangeone]
 [[Image:Chef.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artwork by [http://www.rachelpank.co.uk '''Rachel Pank''']]]
-[[Image:Tom and Jerry.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tom and Jerry on the high shelf]]
 '''All-time favourite:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny Pat Metheny]
 ===Where I work===
-I am retired now, though I dabble with the odd bit of Perl code for fun and financial gain.
+I am retired now, living in rural Norfolk. I still dabble with The Internets and I am a Volunteer at [https://www.cats.org.uk/downhammarket Cats Protection, Downham Market].
+For the last seven years we've been visiting our local jazz club [https://www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk Upwell Jazz Club] and now I am pleased to say that I help in the running of the club and its events; nothing too difficult, just putting out the tables and chairs, making sandwiches and building and running the Jazz Club's website: [https://www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk www.upwelljazzclub.co.uk].  I hope you enjoy it!
 ===Contacting me===
 The easiest way to contact me is to use the [[Contact the Editor]] page.  I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.