Sierra Lambert
Sierra Lambert is a native of
Parker County and attended Brock
High School. He is a financial planner in town with Raymond James
Financial, so we knew before the
competition started that he was
savvy with money. But what we
didn’t know was how hard he’d
work to become our bachelor of
the year. When we asked about his
experience, he said, “It was a good
experience. There is a lot of work
that goes into it but it’s rewarding
when it’s all said and do ne. Sierra is
continuing working with the Careity
Foundation and helping them raise
even more money for local cancer
patients. “I like working with the
Careity Foundation. I’m still doing
stuff with them,” said Lambert. He
Photo by Megan Parks
also enjoyed working with the team
at Short Chef. According to Sierra,
“They all work extremely hard and
they are very competitive. If you can
choose a team of people to raise
money with, they are great on your
team and they cook pretty well.” His
experience as a bachelor was positive overall and he admitted, “I didn’t
have any expectations going in. I met
some good contacts and got some
notoriety. In my field you hear insurance or financial planner you think
Wall Street or salesman. Being in the
public eye as one of the bachelors
shows everyone that you’re just a
regular guy.”
Careity Foundation is the proud
recipient of Sierra’s hard-earned
funds. Although Careity’s bachelor,
Colton Wallis was also last year’s
winner raising $18,500 for their
cause in 2015, Sierra added almost
$10,000 more than last year’s winner
did to their coffers to help Parker
County’s citizens with life-saving
early detection and treatment support
for many different kinds of cancers.
Lyn Walsh, co-founder of Careity
enjoyed working with Sierra and
said, “My experience was wonderful. He just worked and worked at
event after event and because of that
we were very successful. He worked
hard to make us the charity of the
year.” She also complimented Short
Chef’s participation saying, “Short
Chef creations were just incredible.
It was a wonderful team.” Careity
has a large group of volunteers who
worked with founders Walsh and
Beverly Branch and she said their
participation was integral to their
team’s success, “The volunteers and
Dr. Joel Kleven were awesome,” she
said. Careity has been a lifesaver for
over 20 years for cancer patients and
their families in Parker County.
The chef winner of the year may
be new to the restaurant business, but
many have enjoyed their delicious
food because they have been catering
around town for almost four years.
The chef of the year statuette stands
proudly beside the cash register at the
bistro located at 120 College Avenue,
just south of the downtown square.
“We felt like movie stars,” said
Laura Tulley, Director of Business
Development. “I was so worried
and I just can’t believe it,” said Chef
Heather Jundt Bullard. Heather served
the party guests mushrooms stuffed
with shrimp, cheese and wrapped
in bacon, raspberry mousse layered
cake and even decorated their booth
with a lifelike representation of Sierra
carved into a watermelon. “There
have been lots of people who have
come in because of the event and
have noticed our statue,” said Owner
Jennifer Lundy. Two of the three
women have used Careity’s services
and through that and their hosting of cancer support groups in the
restaurant they already had a special
connection to the charity. Of Sierra,
Heather said, “He’s fun, really a hoot,
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