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…
Philanthropy
I have expanded my philanthropic endeavors in the past year and am grateful to tell you about them. My fortune has been to derive love, friendship, artistic expression and lasting bonds from this chosen profession. Through this God given passion I am now able to give back. My expertise as a Chef/Author/Teacher has brought wonderful invitations to join others dedicated to fostering generous community actions. In the missions, stories, classes, events, photographs and more in this area of my site I will share these with you and if you wish, engage your involvements in some forms. Our aspirations with each of them is to uplift others and share light and life skills in the journey that delicious and sustainable cooking practices can offer leaving, I hope, a lasting impact beyond the kitchen.
Category: Philanthropy
’90 at 90′ Galas for Chef Jacques Pépin!
The Director of Operations for the Jacques Pépin Foundation, Marissa Ain and the foundation’s Culinary Producer, Susan Wilbur invited me to head up two major dinners in Florida for the program titled, “90 at 90” to celebrate the life of the amazing Chef and Educator. The ones I am helping…
‘GET COOKING’ ON WESH-TV
Courtesy: WESH-TV
Our non-profit mission ‘Get Cooking’ was just featured by Orlando news station WESH-TV and news journalist Megan Mellado. My partner, Stacie Archer and I are very grateful and want to share it with you. For background ‘Get Cooking” works with food insecure families to teach them how to budget, shop…
ORLANDO SENTINEL ON ‘GET COOKING’!
Courtesy: Orlando Sentinel
Journalist Amy Drew Thompson deserves a medal for all of the great community work she does for Orlando. Not only is she a fascinating, fun and detail oriented food writer she also brings us news and stories about the kinds of things that draw us together in addition to food…
OUR “GET COOKING” MISSION
Courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnICEH3hDDw
Let me take you back a couple of years. I was immensely fortunate to be introduced by a mutual friend to a woman named Stacie Archer. You will learn more about her in the process of reading this post, but if you are lucky you will meet in her in…