What can
inspire us to cook more? Can a global
day of action give us the boost to head back to our kitchens feeling a little
more creative and confident?
Burlington is hosting a city-wide
day of events to mark the global Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Day and it’s FREE
to anyone and everyone!
Jamie Oliver is the
internationally renowned chef who fascinates us with his
cooking shows and impressed us with his determination and creativity as he
worked to transform American school cafeterias.
His passion for cooking “from scratch” has stayed strong over the years
since his first spotlight on tv when his chums would venture up the stairs to
his loft kitchen to help him whip up some delicious morsels.
So what’s he up to now? In addition to
creating an empire dedicated to teaching and giving back to the public, he is
launching his second annual global Food Revolution Day on May 17!
This day isn’t about
getting fancy with ingredients and kitchen tools, it’s simply about celebrating real food, where it comes from
and how to cook it.
As lead volunteer food ambassador for the day, on
April 12th I gathered eighteen children ranging in age from 8 to 13 to
independently cook 4 recipes to validate that home cooking can be economical,
fun and delicious! An amazing peace
settled over the kitchen as this group started slicing, peeling and sautéing up
their feast! We now refer to these
recipes as the Burlington “One Meal Together” collection and we’ve shared them
with you on our website.
Whether it’s an organic farm tour, a chef-guided
tour of inspiration at the farmer’s market, multiple chef-led cooking demos, a
teen girl cooking class to boost energy and moral or the online videos from
experts showing great ways to make food preparation easy, there is something
for everyone on Burlington’s Food Revolution Day. All of this is made possible because
individuals and businesses believed in the Food Revolution message of keeping
cooking skills alive by sharing knowledge and generously donated their
expertise and resources.
Visit our Burlington website, get registered for
the event(s) you’d love to attend and feel free to contact me with any
questions!
My email and phone number: sue@treadpowerfully, 905-580-9777
Twitter: @FoodRevBurl
Facebook: Food Revolution Day, Burlington,
Ontario, Canada
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Sue Abell, Guest Blogger
Sue Abell is a mom, wife, personal trainer, fitness instructor and owner of a fitness and health organisation in Burlington. Although she had launched several challenges in her group over the years, she saw that the Food Revolution was an opportunity for passionate foodies in her community to unite and create even bigger change. After healing herself in 2009 from a painful stomach condition under the direction of Laurie Burrows, a friend and holistic nutritionist, Sue fell passionately in love with chopping and creating “real food”. Although Laurie passed in 2012 their quest continues even stronger to inspire others to take back control of their daily health, happiness and joy of life by simply...cooking. It’s a Food Revolution...thank you Jamie Oliver for this day!
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