YUM!
Scott and I visited Chef Timothy Tucker at the Salvation Army Center of Hope today in downtown Louisville. They have a very special program where people who live in the shelter, are just coming out of incarceration, or live within the community but lack the job skills to get paid higher wages can join a certification program to learn how to heal themselves and the community by eating locally grown, freshly prepared foods.
Instead of the normal "where did this come from? Goulash" (as Chef Timothy puts it) that most shelters provide to its homeless residents, the Center of Hope has a goal of making people think twice about what they are putting into their body as they try to build themselves back up again by feeding them nutritious, local meals made by the students and volunteers.
As he was trying to teach his students a variety of cooking methods, Scott and I looked on, stomachs growling (which is actually the case in every day of filming - all we do is look at and hear about GOOD FOOD!), watching all of the budding chefs prepare Caesar salad, tomato and cucumber salad with a honey vinaigrette, zucchini bread, 2 different potato dishes and melon - all straight from the garden or local farmer! There were also brownies (that I ate 2 of, but I am not so sure the cocoa is from the Derby City so I was going to omit - if they weren't so sinfully delish).
These students were so well informed, excited and proud of what they were doing. We must also give them a big THANK YOU for looking over at the two of us salivating and offering us to partake in the delightful meal with them. A bright future ahead for all of them, not only did we leave feeling very inspired by the soon to be program graduates - we were also VERY full!
Scott and I visited Chef Timothy Tucker at the Salvation Army Center of Hope today in downtown Louisville. They have a very special program where people who live in the shelter, are just coming out of incarceration, or live within the community but lack the job skills to get paid higher wages can join a certification program to learn how to heal themselves and the community by eating locally grown, freshly prepared foods.
Instead of the normal "where did this come from? Goulash" (as Chef Timothy puts it) that most shelters provide to its homeless residents, the Center of Hope has a goal of making people think twice about what they are putting into their body as they try to build themselves back up again by feeding them nutritious, local meals made by the students and volunteers.
As he was trying to teach his students a variety of cooking methods, Scott and I looked on, stomachs growling (which is actually the case in every day of filming - all we do is look at and hear about GOOD FOOD!), watching all of the budding chefs prepare Caesar salad, tomato and cucumber salad with a honey vinaigrette, zucchini bread, 2 different potato dishes and melon - all straight from the garden or local farmer! There were also brownies (that I ate 2 of, but I am not so sure the cocoa is from the Derby City so I was going to omit - if they weren't so sinfully delish).
These students were so well informed, excited and proud of what they were doing. We must also give them a big THANK YOU for looking over at the two of us salivating and offering us to partake in the delightful meal with them. A bright future ahead for all of them, not only did we leave feeling very inspired by the soon to be program graduates - we were also VERY full!
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