Stirring Up Change In a Community Near You

Teen Battle Chef, is a program of FamilyCook Productions in over 75 schools and community sites across the U.S. Over half are sponsored in high schools by HealthCorps. This blog began in summer 2010 when FamilyCook invited NYC Teen Battle Chefs to participate in internships working with chefs in restaurants, teaching younger children cooking, growing food in food deserts, and cooking in farmers markets across 5 boroughs. In fall 2010, our program continues and thanks to Robin Quivers, her run in the NYC Marathon in November, will provide critical funding so our Teen Battle Chef programs in CT and in HealthCorps schools in NJ can experience these transformational internships as well.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Dekalb Farm Grand Opening

This weekend the TBC's started interning at Dekalb Farm where they taught cooking demos and learned about urban farming! They embraced the sweltering head while making a cool and refershing zucchini ricotta dish.


It was extremely hot!
It was a new experience for me because I was able to do a cooking presentation with a real audience rather than my peers. It was a nervous and rattling experience, having people watch me during the whole session. The idea of having a farm and access to fresh ingredients was really amazing and it also made the food/dish tastier. Also, having people ask me for more information about my involvement was really awesome because it made me feel as though I was able to make a big impact on them. -Chef Chima
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