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"After a great deal of thought, it has'e time to distance myself from the Freddy's Steakhouse brand," she said. "I must maintain the u'promising values that'e with me to each and every kitchen that I step into; as well as with each dish that leaves it, to be placed before my guests."Flathers has been fielding job offers from four star and five star restaurants from around the country, her spokesman Joshua Queen said. She also plans to start a consulting business where she would travel around and modernize the menus of restaurants across the country. The Colorado native may set up her firm in Chicago, Las Vegas or some other city, but is still in the early stages of planning.

"She's still putting those plans together because she want to ensure it's done right," Queen said. "She wants to make sure it's the best possible business."Even after Flathers's departure, Freddy's still plans to revamp its lunch and dinner menus, Kamradt said. The steakhouse will shorten the number of menu items, and put a new emphasis on fresh ingredients.Popular entrees, such as ribeyes and chops, will remain."I have to keep that the same because people would kill me," Kamradt said.Beverly Steffel measures a'plishments by the number of "wows" each task receives: One wow is great; two are fantastic; three are out of this world.The Chesapeake woman reached stratospheric success last year when she surprised her son, Jeremy Steffel, with a do-it-yourself kitchen makeover at his Virginia Beach condo.Jeremy had fallen in love with the 1,200-square-foot unit when he saw it on New Year's Eve 2012, just hours after it was put on the market as a foreclosure.

He made an offer that night.The Woodbridge location, a condominium'munity that backs to Honey Bee Golf Course, was ideal, as were the unit's features - a loft and spiral staircase, soaring ceilings and two bedrooms.But what the condo lacked in style - the previous owner had selected a ho-hum palette of browns and peaches with accents of blue and a distinct country vibe - it made up for with good "bones," Beverly said.Jeremy said he knew to look past something as changeable as color and moved in in February 2013.Meanwhile, the close-knit Steffel family members - dad, John; sister, Amy; and mom, Beverly - knew that with teamwork they could make Jeremy's first place the home he envisioned. And because the kitchen is considered the heart of the home, they started there.