-Marina del Rey, Calif.
-Feast Fest chef Jane Rousswick has gotten a Feast Fest scouter in hot water after she claimed she had been bought lavish gifts by the scouter, who apparently has amorance for her, using the Scouting Department's own official budget.
Rousswick announced Thursday that she was in the process of repaying $122,222 worth of gifts that came directly from Feast Fest Events, Inc. without the knowledge of higher-up officials.
Rousswick claimed that she had long been the object of amorance for scouter Peter Chilphingham. She says that she received $20,000 in cash, a Cadillac valued at $47,383, over thirty pieces of diamond jewelry together valued at $44,561, and a trip to Honolulu worth $10,278, all over a period from Jul. 24 to Sept. 18. Rousswick, 39, returned all of the gifts to their distributors and pledged to return the moneys associated with them to Feast Fest Events, Inc.
Rousswick joined Feast Fest in 2009 along with her brother, Alan; Rousswick is based in Halifax, N.S.
Chilphingham has been an odd character throughout his tenure with the Scouting Department. He twice resigned, only to beg for his job back the same day. He was caught dipping into a fellow scouter's wallet in October 2010.
"Mr. Chilphingham's actions have approached firing on multiple occasions," Head Scouter Jim Dall said. "And this may have been the straw to break the camel's back."
Dall said that any decision to fire Chilphingham would have to be approved by Feast Fest executives.
Some, though, are questioning why Rousswick took more than four months to report the lavish gift-giving, which she called "suspicious," to Feast Fest Events, Inc.
"If this situation had been treated properly, the money would have been brought back much sooner." Dall called for an investigation of Rousswick's actions as well, although that, too, would have to clear executives' tables first before becoming a reality.
Rousswick claimed she only realized this week that the gifts had come from Feast Fest's official budget. She said she knew that tough questions will arise when she arrives, with all the other chefs, for a ten-day preparatory pre-Feast Fest session in Marina del Rey on Nov. 18.
"I will be ready to discuss the matter at that time," Rousswick said, and would have no further word on the matter.
Chilphingham would not answer phone calls to his office Thursday.
-Feast Fest chef Jane Rousswick has gotten a Feast Fest scouter in hot water after she claimed she had been bought lavish gifts by the scouter, who apparently has amorance for her, using the Scouting Department's own official budget.
Rousswick announced Thursday that she was in the process of repaying $122,222 worth of gifts that came directly from Feast Fest Events, Inc. without the knowledge of higher-up officials.
Rousswick claimed that she had long been the object of amorance for scouter Peter Chilphingham. She says that she received $20,000 in cash, a Cadillac valued at $47,383, over thirty pieces of diamond jewelry together valued at $44,561, and a trip to Honolulu worth $10,278, all over a period from Jul. 24 to Sept. 18. Rousswick, 39, returned all of the gifts to their distributors and pledged to return the moneys associated with them to Feast Fest Events, Inc.
Rousswick joined Feast Fest in 2009 along with her brother, Alan; Rousswick is based in Halifax, N.S.
Chilphingham has been an odd character throughout his tenure with the Scouting Department. He twice resigned, only to beg for his job back the same day. He was caught dipping into a fellow scouter's wallet in October 2010.
"Mr. Chilphingham's actions have approached firing on multiple occasions," Head Scouter Jim Dall said. "And this may have been the straw to break the camel's back."
Dall said that any decision to fire Chilphingham would have to be approved by Feast Fest executives.
Some, though, are questioning why Rousswick took more than four months to report the lavish gift-giving, which she called "suspicious," to Feast Fest Events, Inc.
"If this situation had been treated properly, the money would have been brought back much sooner." Dall called for an investigation of Rousswick's actions as well, although that, too, would have to clear executives' tables first before becoming a reality.
Rousswick claimed she only realized this week that the gifts had come from Feast Fest's official budget. She said she knew that tough questions will arise when she arrives, with all the other chefs, for a ten-day preparatory pre-Feast Fest session in Marina del Rey on Nov. 18.
"I will be ready to discuss the matter at that time," Rousswick said, and would have no further word on the matter.
Chilphingham would not answer phone calls to his office Thursday.
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