This October, Wiscasset Adult Education, St. Philip's Church and chefs/owners from Mid-coast residents' favorite restaurants, including Kerry Altiero, owner of Café Miranda in Rockland, are coming together to offer the community a “taste” of the chefs’ culinary expertise in a 4-week food preparation demonstration series. The sessions will meet in the St. Philips kitchen 6-8pm starting Monday, October 3rd. Each week will feature a new chef, who will demonstrate food preparation techniques that are used to create signature ethnic dishes of his or her specific restaurant. Participants will also sample the cuisine and receive certificates for local restaurants.
Proceeds of the series will fund a new cooking and nutrition program for the “Help Yourself Shelf” food pantry. A free cooking class is being designed for food pantry members. Participating chefs will be hired to design and prepare delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare and inexpensive meals; and demonstrate (with flair and fun!) the preparation of these meals for participating families (full meal provided). In addition, up to five “scholarships” per “Meet Your Chefs” weekly sessions will be awarded to food pantry participants and volunteers to attend the actual course.
