Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Airman 1st Class Amy Klaviter, 509th Force Support Squadron food service specialist, prepares pumpkin cheesecake rolls during a Hennessy Team inspection at the Ozark Inn dining facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 6, 2014. Klaviter was also the recipient of the Hennessy Traveler’s Association Award of Excellence. Each year the Hennessy Team chooses one enlisted member from dining facility they visit to participate in a class at the Culinary Arts Institute of America in Greystone, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Jara Allen, Hennessy Team evaluator, speaks to a group of dorm residents at the Ozark Inn dining facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 6, 2013. Customer satisfaction with food items at the dining facility is one of 47 other grading criteria that was inspected by evaluators during the Hennessey Team’s two-day visit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Morgan, 509th Force Support Squadron food services specialist, briefs Joe DeRossa, Hennessy Team evaluator, on food preparations at the Touch and Go flight kitchen at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 5, 2013. Team Whiteman was judged on in-flight meals, the Ozark Inn dining facility and the Touch and Go flight kitchen on 48 different criteria in five separate categories. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Senior Airman Janoy Davis, 509th Force Support Squadron food services specialist, prepares Au Gratin potatoes during a Hennessy Team inspection at the Ozark Inn dining facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 6, 2014. Davis prepared the food as part of “A Day in the Life of a Food Service Airmen” where the Hennessy Team evaluators toured the dining facility kitchen and were given baking and cooking demonstrations by food services specialists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Maj. Chip Hollinger, 509th Force Support Squadron commander, serves a birthday meal to an Airman during a Hennessy Team inspection at the Ozark Inn dining facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Feb. 5, 2014. The Hennessy Team also visited the Touch-and-Go flight kitchen and received a tour of a B-2 Spirit as part of their two-day visit to Whiteman (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Staff Sgt. Travis Keele, 509th Force Support Squadron Ozark Inn store room manager, briefs Hennessy Team evaluators on the in-flight meal experience on the flightline at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 5, 2014. During the in-flight experience, evaluators were briefed on the various types of foods that pilots can bring with them during flights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Brig. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, 509th Bomb Wing commander, briefs Hennessy Team evaluators on the inflight meal experience during their visit to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Feb. 5, 2014. After the brief, Bussiere gave evaluators a tour of a B-2 Spirit.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Airman 1st Class Amy Klaviter, 509th Force Support Squadron food service specialist, is presented with the Hennessy Traveler’s Association Award of Excellence by Hennesy Team evaluators, Jara Allen and Joe DeRossa, at the Royal Oaks Golf Course in Knob Noster, Mo., Feb. 6, 2014. Each year the Hennessy Team chooses one enlisted member from a dining facility they visit to participate in a class at the Culinary Arts Institute of America in Greystone, Calif. Klaviter received the award because she was recognized as a superior performer during the inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Airmen 1st Class Amy Klaviter and Elizabeth Morgan, food services specialists from the 509th Force Support Squadron, share a bow after providing a mission brief to Hennessy Team evaluators at Mission’s End at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 5, 2014. The Hennessy team visits different dining facilities throughout the Air Force and inspects a variety of items to determine the best food service in the Air Force. The 509th FSS was named the 2013 John L. Hennessy Trophy winner, which is awarded to the Air Force’s best food service unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

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Team Whiteman goes for the gold in Hennessy competition

Published Feb. 14, 2014