Getting Sauced with Chef Mark Mollentine

By CHARLES FERRUZZA

Two years ago, Mark and Mary Mollentine stopped serving dinners at their Shawnee restaurant, Governor’s Meeting House, to focus on afternoon tea — who knew there was such a need for this uniquely British tradition in the Kansas suburbs?

The extra time off enabled chef Mark Mollentine to take a second job (he’s the executive corporate chef at Lenexa-based Gear for Sports ) and to follow up on another of his dreams, to produce a line of sauces bearing his name.