NORMAN’S ORLANDO IN THE NEWS!

As many of you know we are doing a Gala Dinner to celebrate the life, work and 90th Birthday of the Legendary Chef Jacques Pépin! This great article written by Orlando’s Ricky Ly in his blog, “Tasty Chomps”. The link will give you the wonderful details. We have a handful…

THE TROTTER PROJECT

Where to begin? For now let’s start with present tense. This month I became the newest Board Member of The Trotter Project. You can copy and paste from below and put that in your browser.  It will show you how the vision of Chef Charlie Trotter continues to flourish despite…

SOW PROJECT. A NON-PROFIT TO HELP OUR INDUSTRY

As you will see from the video I am a ‘Culinary Advisor’ for ‘The Sow Project” which was founded by Ben Vaughn. Fellow culinary advisors include Andrew Zimmern, Sophina Uong, Simon Majumdar, Dr. Audrey Elion, José Mendin and more. We are all about helping educate, feed and employment. Please see…

Celebrating Chef Jacques Pépin! ’90 at 90′

For Immediate Release: September 5th, 2024 The Director of Operations for the Jacques Pépin Foundation, Marissa Ain and the foundation’s Culinary Producer, Susan Wilbur have invited Chef Norman Van Aken to head up two major dinners in Florida for the program titled, “90 at 90”. The overall vison for this…

The Whet Palette Podcast

Hi All! It was my great pleasure to be the guest presenter on the fine podcast, “The Whet Palette”. Host Brenda is one of the most savvy and rigorous folks to interview me. We spoke for well over an hour. We got into my long history of cooking in Florida…

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