Sigma Chi
Centennial Chapter House
Washington State University
"The best new fraternity house in America"
One secret to success at WSU Sigma Chi: Chef Eric
Brotherhood. Academics. Skills.Yes, all that - but awesome food too!
The Sigma Chi fraternity experience at WSU is many things: Brotherhood. Academics. Gaining people skills. Accountability. Joining the premiere lifelong national fraternity.
Yet there’s one key experience often overlooked elsewhere, but not at WSU Sigma Chi: Great food.
And Sigma Chi has the one key to success that no other WSU fraternity has. His name is Chef Eric Pebley.
Sigma Chi President Charlie Dunn says “I always hear from my friends in other fraternities and dorms complain constantly about their food. We don’t have that problem at Sigma Chi. That’s for sure.”
“He’s a great cook,” declares sophomore Sigma Chi Anderson Swanger. “From what I’ve seen, no other food on the row can compare to Chef E’s. On top of that, it’s easy to see that he has built genuine relationships with the guys in Sigma Chi, and that he has a genuine love for what he’s doing.”
“I describe cooking for Sigma Chi as ‘The Fountain of Youth’,” says Chef Eric. “The energy and excitement of college life.”
Even the parents of Sigma Chis approve of Chef Eric’s cooking – the ultimate compliment. For a recent Parents Weekend brunch, Eric made honey glazed ham, caramelized shallot and gruyere quiche, brown sugar cinnamon bread pudding with maple butter, fresh raspberries and crispy breakfast potatoes. For Eric, it’s just another day in the kitchen.
For Eric, cooking for Sigma Chi is more than just a regular job. He’s got about 100 clients and he knows them all. “I definitely see the Sigma Chi ‘process’ in action,” he says describing how Sigma Chi builds character and makes good men into great men. “Each member has the opportunity to learn leadership skills hands on.”
His 26 years of experience has included training in Hotel Management Le Cordon Bleu Pasadena, CA, and French Culinary Institute Manhattan in Pastry Arts. His experience ranges from the famous Hunt Club, Coto de Caza in Laguna Beach, CA. to Wilderness Lodges, Dude Ranches and Resorts Alaska, Montana and Colorado.
And now he cooks for a hundred perennially hungry college guys.
In fact, Chef Eric is one of the only privately employed fraternity chefs. Most of the others subcontract to a food service which hires whoever they can find. Not Sigma Chi. Not Chef Eric.
“I’m the ‘Funcle’ who cooks,” he laughs, accepting the title of fun uncle. “I find myself feeling like an Honorary Sig often.”
Chef Eric makes meals with fresh, quality ingredients and often made to order for each guy. “Quality and care not seen in other Houses,” he says.
Steak Night, tacos and a fun chef
What’s the Sigma Chi’s favorite meal? “Steak Night was Top Meal. 20 oz hand cut cooked to order with Chimichurri sauce.” And tacos are everyone’s favorite, he adds. Chef Eric changes it up from week to week to keep things new.
The man who feeds Sigma Chi has a message for new guys going through WSU fraternity recruitment: “The guys who are rushing Sigma Chi should know they have the potential to be in the best house on campus. And that if they succeed in getting a Sigma Chi bid, they can individually contribute to continuing to keep Sigma Chi the best. And, oh, they’ll get great food too.”
"Yes, parents, your son will have the best private chef of all WSU fraternities, hands down."
RUSH: Big wins again!
Sigma Chi Rush Chairman Charlie Dunn and the entire chapter hit it out of the park again with a very successful fall rush, bringing in 35 top quality guys. Formal pledging and preparation for brotherhood is well underway. Under WSU rules, freshman are not allowed to live in fraternities. But our dedicated room for the pledge class to meet, unify and hang out is getting a lot of use.
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