Greenthumb Grow Together Conference

This past weekend one Teen Battle Chef and one Gardening student from Automotive high school in Brooklyn teamed up and took on the challenge of addressing a roomful of middle school students and high school students to teach introductory gardening and how to harvest your produce from plant to plate!!

"Today I met a group of youngsters like myself that are interested in food and gardening. I thought it was good that everyone learned something from the event, even me. They learned how to plant and harvest and I learned how to work with a group of teenagers like myself" Chef Dexter



" I realize that its cool to do programs to teach kids. I like having to teach people something new. If I could do it again I would and ask a friend to join me" Gardener David



Dexter and David with TBC educator, gardening mentor and English teacher Ms. Kessler









Making a raisin bread snack with goat cheese, sprouts and mint. Dexter shows room how to chiffonade.



Transplanting their own mint to take home and grow.

Students harvesting their own sprouts, radishes, sunflowers or peas, YUM!!

Basket-a-Brisket

This past weekend teen chefs were invited to Jimmy's No. 43 Basket a Brisket event where they served delicious Brisket and assisted Bobo's Restaurant.

"Today was pretty cool. The food was pretty great. And so was the company!!" -Chef Joel

"Today was awesome had  areally great time. There were some really cool people there especially this great photography dude". Chef Perez

NorthEastern Food Justice Youth Summit

This past weekend young TBC movement makers traveled to Boston and attended the Food Justice Youth Summit. This summit brought together college and highschool students who led youth workshops about a variety of food justice issues. They attended workshops that rallied to retire Ronald McDonald, speak out against farmer wage abuse, and think about where their food comes from. They went on a rally for the farmers, led a workshop about seasonal cooking and even went on stage during an open mike night! See what they had to say below.....

"This past weekend I took a trip to Northeastern University for a food conference. I went  with my schools Program Teen Battle Chef and Health Corps. In this University we talked about healthy eatings and we attended workshops. Well I enjoyed this trip and I got to meet people that were interested in the same things I am into. I met people from all over such as Philly, Maine, Maryland, Boston,...etc. Also we attended a march for farmworkers. The farmworkers were fighting so that all the major companies would pay them at least one cent more for all the tomatoes they carry. So Thank You Health Corps and Teen Battle Chef for this wonderful experience " -Chef Genesis

Lets Move Harlem Childrens Zone

Lets Move was a free event for the public that encouraged healthier eating and physical fitness among our youth. It is part of Michelle Obama's Lets Move campaign to cure the many health related epidemics in the U.S.

See our TBC's  thoughts below and watch them in action here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmyXlLUu9E

 

"Today was amazing. This was my first time attending and event with TBC, since I've been with HealthCorps. I am new to the TBC event headliners group and I originally started with the TBC HealthCorps group at my school, since I heard about their cooking, which I love to do. My and I made tropical slaw and everyone that came here has loved the dish. I feel like I made an impact and showed everyone that came to the event some basick knife and cooking skills."- Chef Steven

"This experience was very awesome and each time I can to any kind of event I feel I improved my public speaking skills. This was a very cook even that I like alot. During these events I experience new things, new people, new place and most importantly new foods and recipes" Chef Lubna

"Today was amazing! I haven't been to a TBC event in a while but everything went great. We made tropical slaw and I demo'd how to cut grutis and veggies. I feel like I made an impact in my community and thats whats important" Chef Molly

Chili Saves Lives

Chili Saves Lives was a fundraiser for HealthCorps. Our TBC's attended a recipe development and created an amazing spicy chili that incoporated chocolate and Hawaiin roasted sea salt. During the event many participants came up and praised their chili telling them what a great combination the ingredients were and how delicious it was. It was so tasty that they placed in the top five along with the finalists and went on to win 3rd place at the event! Not only did we have a TBC team but one of our students was also asked to be the MC at the event. They all did an amazing job and had a lot of fun as well!! Check out the video below and see what they had to say.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I21IS5pTyI

The event was great most of the chili's varied from spicy to sweet. Ours was the best! -Chef Nate

I loved the fact that we were making chili in a Brewery : ) Chef Fernando


Today was so awesome. Being the MC was great and the audience was awesome too. It wasn't who won that really mattered. It was us being in unison together promoting healthy eating and having so much fun at the same time. There were such cool people here and that made my job so much easier. The chili was great the people great. Like my good friend Tony the Tiger would say "This was Grrreat!"   - Chef Joel

TBC's on the Heritage Radio Show

Check out our amazing TBC's Molly, Fernando and Joel on the Heritage Radio Show! They discuss their own journey with cooking as well as how they feel about school food.


The Main Course - Episode 80 - Teen Battle Chefs, Matthew Locricchio & Christine Datz-Romero


http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/episodes/1228-The-Main-Course-Episode-80-Teen-Battle-Chefs-Matthew-Locricchio-Christine-Datz-Romero
First Aired - 12/19/2010 12:00PM

Hawthorne Valley Farm Trip

This was the best weekend ever! We got to make some really good organic food with vegetables we picked ourselves. It was a really good experience and I can't wait to do it again.