Eid, Karl F.

Karl F. Eid was born in Germany in 1909. He was certified as a Master Pastry Chef in Munich, German in 1937. After World War II, he ran his own pastry shop in Garmisch, Germany and acted as a coach for the German ski team. Eid came to Alaska in 1959, establishing the Bakery and Pastry Kitchen at Carr's Quality Centers in Anchorage, where he worked as their master pastry chef until 1970. From 1971 to 1983 he was an instructor at Anchorage Community College in the food service technology program. Eid founded the Chefs de Cuisine Chapter of Anchorage and was active in the Alaska Culinary Association. An Olympic class ski jumper in Germany before World War II, Eid was also active in teaching ski jumping and developing new ski jump facilities in Anchorage. The Karl Eid Ski Jumping Complex at Hilltop Ski Area was named in his honor. Kart Eid retired in 1984.