My City Kitchen To Hold 2nd Annual Culinary Extravaganza April 6th

My City Kitchen will be holding its 2nd Annual Culinary Extravaganza Fundraiser in April. This year's theme is "Plant a Seed".

This event is held to benefit children's health & wellness through healthy cooking.

Event Details

Saturday April 6th, 2013   6:00 - 9:00pm

Executive Inn & Conference Center Ballroom

900 E. Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450  

My City Kitchen ph: 203-630-2870 

Call or purchase tickets online: http://plantaseed-eorg.eventbrite.com/ 

Keynote Speaker:  Tim Cipriano

Chef Timothy Cipriano is Director of Food Services for the Guilford Public Schools. One of Chef Tim's most valuable achievements to date has been introducing more local produce into the school meals program and working to educate Connecticut students about fresh, healthy and great tasting food choices; this effort led for him to receive the moniker, "Local Food Dude".

Chef Tim is Connecticut’s favorite No Kid Hungry Chef and is Chair of Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation New Haven, an event to raise money to end childhood hunger held every spring in New Haven. Chef was named One of the 50 most influential people in Greater New Haven by New Haven Living Magazine in December 2012; was one of the featured chefs on Food Network’s show CHOPPED in November 2012 and in 2011, Chef Tim was named a “Champion of Change” by the White House for his part in creating the “Chefs Move to Schools” program.  Chefs Move to Schools asks chefs from around the country to adopt schools in their communities to work with teachers, parents and school nutrition professionals to help educate kids about food and nutrition. More on Chef Tim

Co-Keynote Speaker:  Chef Cheryl Barbara

Chef Cheryl Barbara has been a “lunch lady” for the New Haven Public School Systems for over a decade.  In late 2011, she became a Chef known throughout the nation as the winner of the Class Acts competition on CHOPPED.  While show focused on the quality of food, they also touched on Barbara’s backpack program in which she fills backpacks with food to make sure kids don’t go hungry on weekends. More on Chef Barbara

Master of Ceremonies: Jocelyn Maminta, Host of WTNH CT Style Ch 8 News

Over her distinguished 20-year broadcast career, Emmy Award-nominated medical reporter and co-host of News 8’s “Connecticut Style” Jocelyn Maminta has anchored and reported for television stations in North Carolina, New York, Milwaukee, Texas, and Connecticut.

A political science graduate of the University of Missouri, Maminta works tirelessly for many nonprofits across the state. She serves on the boards of Friends of Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, and is a member of the Junior League of Greater New Haven.

She is co-founder of Caroline’s Room, a safe haven for families coping with the challenges and uncertainties surrounding the birth of a premature baby. There are Caroline’s Rooms in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia.

Fantastic Live and Silent Auction Items, Great food and Wine!!!