Wegmans Food Markets has promoted Gary Giusti of Franklin Park to executive chef of its Manalapan store. As executive chef, Giusti will oversee a 30-person culinary team, and be responsible for the recipes and preparation of all food menu items throughout the store.
Prior to his promotion, Giusti worked his way through the ranks to become a Wegmans corporate chef in Rochester, N.Y., where he developed recipes and products for the chain’s meat and seafood departments. He has been with Wegmans for 18 years, and has held positions in the bakery and seafood departments of the Penfield, N.Y., store.
Giusti’s career in the food industry began after high school in 1980 in the kitchen at the Lodge at Woodcliff, a resort hotel in Rochester, N.Y. His grandfather, who came from Tuscany, was a chef at a hotel in downtown Rochester. He learned from his father how to make Tuscan-style salads, soups, richly flavored braised meats and the traditional food his grandfather brought with him when he immigrated to America. Giusti plans to incorporate more innovative dishes to the Manalapan prepared-food section, including some vegetarian and northern Italian dishes.
Wegmans Food Markets in Manalapan is located at 55 Route 9 south.
Josie Aborlleile, a sales associate at Re/Max Central, Manalapan, has earned the certified residential specialist (CRS) designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.
To earn the CRS designation, Aborlleile completed advanced courses and demonstrated professional expertise in the field of residential real estate sales. She joins only 4 percent of Realtors nationwide who have earned the credential.
Aborlleile is a member of the Council of Residential Specialists and a member of the National Association of Realtors. She has volunteered as co-chairperson of the Public Relations Committee of the Monmouth County Board of Realtors and as a member of the Membership Committee.
DCH Freehold Toyota, Freehold Township, has established a scholarship for the Freehold Regional High School District’s Medical Sciences Learning Center. The dealership donated $3,000 to the externship program, which brings students participating in the school’s medical sciences program to CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, for hands-on learning experience. Students in the program visit the hospital twice a month to spend time with health professionals and witness the daily operation of the medical facility. The yearlong externship for seniors concludes with a simulated operating-room experience followed by graduation ceremonies. The scholarship will be awarded for the first time in the spring. DCH Freehold Toyota will continue to contribute to the scholarship annually.
The Network for Senior Service Professionals (NSSP) will hold its next quarterly seminar Nov. 18 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Wall Township Municipal Building, 2700 Allaire Road. The seminar, titled, “Healthy Attitudes for Happy Holidays,” will feature speaker Steven J. Pollack. He will discuss holistic health, stress management and esteem-building in his talk, “Laughing Yourself to Health.” There will also be facial and chair massages, card/palm readings, and reiki massages available. The seminar is open to the public.
The NSSP, which is headquartered in Neptune, provides programs of interest to professionals involved in caring for older adults. To register for the seminar, or for further information on NSSP, call (732) 245-0143.
CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, was honored recently with a proclamation from the Monmouth County Freeholders for its efforts during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick traveled to CentraState to present the proclamation and declare Oct. 15 as National Mammography Day in Monmouth County.