Field Trip to Berkeley Bowl

Every Friday, the Kitchen of Champions students have a two-hour class put on by the wonderful non-profit organization Cooking Matters (www.cookingmatters.org). A volunteer chef, nutritionist, and class assistant come in every week to provide one hour of nutrition instruction and one hour of hands-on healthy cooking. Each session, Cooking Matters volunteers take our class on a field trip to the Berkeley Bowl grocery store. The students partake in a grocery scavenger hunt and are then given ten dollars each to buy one food from each food group that will collectively make a meal for four people. Every class enjoys this field trip, and this time was no exception!

Volunteer Nutritionist Morgan leads the students through the incredible produce section

Corn vs. wheat tortillas: Which is healthier?

Jo and Nayah

Thanks Cooking Matters for taking us on this awesome field trip, and thanks for everything you do for Kitchen of Champions!

Fremont Thrift Store Event

One of our biggest events of the year, the Eat Real Festival (www.eatrealfest.com), is coming up at the end of September. To prepare for the event and get the students well-versed on the use of our food trailer, we spent last Thursday at the Fremont St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store cooking and serving food to customers. The menu was very similar to our offerings at Eat Real (Monte Cristo sandwiches and jambalaya... yum), and was a great trial run for the big event!

James and Nique flippin' the Monte Cristos

The menu!

Mike Mike and Kim

Robert and David hanging out in the food trailer

Our new Head Chef Harold LeBlanc and the students

David serving up food to hungry customers

Jonathan and Rubelet: Marketing superstars!

It was great for the students to sell their homemade food to the public. Everyone enjoyed the lunch, and the students feel ready for the Eat Real Fest!