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Corporate Chef
Scott Uehlein is corporate chef for Canyon Ranch, overseeing the food and beverage programs at all resorts, SpaClubs and Living communities. A visionary in his field, he is consistently recognized for his creativity and expertise in the development and preparation of healthy cuisine. Chef Uehlein is co-author of Canyon Ranch Cooks (Rodale Books, October 2003) and has contributed to numerous Canyon Ranch recipe collections.
Chef Uehlein received his culinary training at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He graduated in 1985. Prior to joining Canyon Ranch, he served as executive chef at Los Abrigados Resort in Sedona, Arizona for six years. In 1991, Chef Uehlein studied with famed chef, Madeleine Kamman, at her school for American chefs, located at the Beringer Vineyards in Napa Valley, CA.
In 1996, he prepared a James Beard House dinner for the Great Hotels of America series. On two occasions, Chef Uehlein traveled to Japan at the invitation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to teach seminars on the preparation of American and Southwestern foods. He joined Canyon Ranch in 1999 as executive chef for the award-winning resort in Tucson, Arizona.
In 2000, Canyon Ranch was recognized by Gourmet magazine as the World's Best Spa. The prestigious magazine noted that Chef Uehlein and his staff "have brought Canyon Ranch cuisine into a new dimension." In 2001, the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine voted Canyon Ranch in Tucson the Top Spa for Food in the United States. The January 2003 issue of Bon Appetit magazine featured Chef Uehlein in an article entitled "The Spa Who Loved Me."
Chef Uehlein has made guest appearances on a variety of television shows, including Sara's Secrets, Into the Fire and Best Of with Jill Cordes on the Food Network. He has also been featured on CNN, The Jane Pauly Show, E! Entertainment Television, Canada's Vicki Gabereau Show and NBC-TV in addition to numerous local and regional cooking programs. For two years, he hosted a weekly cooking segment on KGUN 9 News at Noon, a Tucson ABC affiliate. Chef Uehlein has been highlighted in national and international newspapers and magazines such as Bon Appetit, Self, Fitness, Food Arts, Esquire, Nation's Restaurant News, Chef Magazine, Departures and Health & Fitness UK.
A consummate chef with a personality to match, Chef Uehlein is a natural at teaching while demonstrating great cooking techniques. A member of the Canyon Ranch Speakers Bureau, he regularly presents Cooking Well: Delectable Demonstration & Discussion. He makes cooking fun and effortless, disseminating practical tips for even the most novice cook as he prepares healthy meals. Entertaining and effusive, Chef Uehlein incorporates valuable information into each cooking demonstration, such as healthy eating, portion sizes, creating uncomplicated flavorful dishes, cooking fresh, discovering food textures and inventing new foods.
