--- title: "Cook s - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Cook s: Pictures and Comments from the Cybercafe It's wonderful to be with people from around the world who share the same ideas. Ken Bergeron Gold medalist at the 1992 International Culinary Olympics." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4222-congress-wvc96-cooks.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:13:02+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Cook s **Cooks** Pictures and Comments from the Cybercafe It's wonderful to be with people from around the world who share the same ideas. **Ken Bergeron** *Gold medalist at the 1992 International Culinary Olympics. Culinary instructor and catering consultant.* Connecticut, USA | ![[Ken Bergeron]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/ken_bergeron.jpg)![[Joanne and Michael Stepaniak]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/joanne_and_michael_stepaniak.jpg) | Longtime vegan couple is seeking employment opportunities anywhere in the U.S., Canada, or elsewhere in vegan education, food preparation, public speaking, administration, etc. Extensive experience in all areas. Resumes sent upon request. Please contact us at P.O. Box 82663, Swissvale, PA 15218. Thanks! **Joanne and Michael Stepaniak** *Joanne Stepaniak, MSEd, is author of *The UnCheese Cookbook*, *Table for Two*, and other books, and is an instructor of vegan/vegetarian cooking classes.* *Michael Stepaniak has a BA in environmental conservation, is co-author of annual music festival guidebooks, and has previously managed commercial hydroponic farming operation.* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA This is a wonderful experience. I love being here with so many vegetarians! I definitely plan to do it again! In addition to all of the fun and education, I'm getting lots of ideas which will help me expand my vegetarian cooking business. **Nancy Sussman** Vancouver, Washington, USA *[](mailto:)* | ![[Nancy Sussman]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/nancy_sussman.jpg)![[Muriel Golde]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/muriel_golde.jpg) | I have been a board member of [NAVS](http://www.cyberveg.org/navs/) since 1977. I write a column for Vegetarian Voice, Golde's Gourmet Kitchen. I'm a lifetime vegetarian. I am happy to see vegetarianism finally being accepted as a valid life choice. **Muriel Golde, MA, MS, MLS** *Vegetarian Voice food editor, author of Vegetarian Cooking for a Better World. Founder of Indian River Vegetarian Society.* New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA *[](mailto:)* Owner of Delights Of The Garden restaurants and author of uncook book of the same name. Publisher of Veggieguide DC and Atlanta. **Imar Hutchins** Washington, DC, USA | ![[Imar Hutchins]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/imar_hutchins.jpg)![[Fran Costigan]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/fran_costigan.jpg)Great conference, super folks, info and food. I love teaching here!! Chef/owner of For Goodness Cakes, positively delicious voluptuous virtuous vegan treats handmade in small batches with love and sustainably grown organic ingredients. Shipping is available. Culinary instructor (Natural Gourmet Cooking School, private classes, traveling teacher), counsultant, recipe developer, published free-lance food writer, etc etc... **Fran Costigan** *Chef/owner of vegan catering & consulting company. Instructor at the Natural Gourmet Cooking School.* New York City, USA A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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