The Dish: Kim Vandenhazel, dining room director for St. Vincents Kitchen, Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada

The Dish: Kim Vandenhazel, dining room director for St. Vincents Kitchen, Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada

Chef Kim Vandenhazel got his first cooking job at age 15 on a pineapple plantation in Maui. Now, 45 years later, he is the dining room director of St. Vincent’s Kitchen, serving more than 1,400 meals a day at the kitchen and on the nearby Cares Campus. Not knowing what donated ingredients will arrive each day from restaurants, groceries or distributors, Chef Kim has mastered the art of transforming uncertainty into opportunity. He sneaks extra n…