School Food Watch:2
I am loving what Michelle Obama is doing in regards to school food. Last month The First Lady invited prominent chefs to Washington D.C. to shine a light on what is happening in our schools’ cafeterias. While most are still appallingly bad, there are some that are incredibly inspiring. (I will talk about one in my upcoming Calhoun School post.) Mrs. Obama held a conference for chefs from around the country who have been active in working with school food. It was the first such conference that I know of that sought to aggregate the knowledge of chefs who are trying to make a difference.
It was a short but informative day with a panel sharing their concepts and successes, a walk with some of the more famous chefs through the White House veggie garden and a group hug to acknowledge that finally an administration is putting school food front and center. The FCI was proud to have Phil Gutensohn and Tony Garcia representing our school, and we were also well represented by alums Robert Surles aka Chef Bobo and Thomasin Franken both in attendance for their groundbreaking work. Hopefully a tidal wave of interest from all stakeholders will evolve. Would love to know the White House’s next steps for this initiative, if you know please comment!
Phil Gutensohn Thomasin Franken Tony Garcia
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