26 • June 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Wine Country Chefs of Tomorrow JOKES & Humor # 8


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The theme of this year’s Wine Country Chefs of Tomorrow was Clo and Rocky to the


Res-


cue hosted by the


Sonoma


County Lodg- ing Associa- tion on Thurs- day, April 21 at 5:30 pm at


the att Creek Hy-


Vineyard Hotel


in Santa Rosa. Chefs of To- morrow is a benefi t for seven local youth culinary art


This


programs. unique


event partners culinary


stu-


Photo: Judy Walker-Percy Bradley from Vintners Inn, Deneene & Bill Arnone of Merrill, Arnone & Jones, LLP


dents with local chefs for an en- tertaining evening fi red up with a tasty appetizers competition,


culinary programs survive and thrive in local schools. Each school was partnered up


amazing travel opportunities in the live and silent auctions, and the opportunity to ensure that


with an executive chef and to- gether they created their recipe for success – preparing at least two appetizers incorporating the featured ingredients. Thanks Rocky® Free


to The Range Chicken,


poultry was one of the featured


in-


gredients and Clover netta


Stor- Farms


supplied their new line of


Organic


Greek Yogurt as the other featured


in-


gredient. This year’s Judges’


Choice award winner was Casa Grande High School with Chef Gabe Nahas of Bacchus Res- taurant at the Doubletree Ho- tel in Rohnert Park. Chef Na- has and the students prepared an


impres-


sive spread of appetiz- ers includ- ing Chicken Shwarma and a Chicken Kebab served with


Eastern


Middle ac-


coutrements and Yogurt Panna Cotta. The Casa


Grande High School team was awarded 10 tickets to the


Alton


Brown perfor- mance on Thursday, May 19, generously donated by Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. This


year’s judges included Steve Garner of the Good Food Hour on KSRO Radio; Duskie Estes owner and chef of Zazu Kitchen + farm; Executive Chef Richard Whipple of Heri- tage House Resort; and Joss of


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Froggy 92.9’s Rob and Joss in the Morning. The People’s Choice award went to Healdsburg High School with Chef Marie Sto- rum of Nectar Restaurant at Hilton Sonoma Wine Country. Chef Storum and the students prepared


Buffalo Chicken


Puff Pastry with Blue Cheese Aioli and Microgreens, a Duo of Savory and Sweet Maca- roons and Savory Stuffed Do- nuts. Healdsburg High School received


the


award, furnished by Myers Restaurant Supply. Following the appetizer re-


ception, guests enjoyed a de- licious dinner from the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel and a dessert box of assorted goodies from the Chefs of Wine Coun- try Inns. The evening wrapped up with a silent and live auction featuring travel excursions, day trips, overnight stays, dinners, special bottlings of wine and more.


Thanks goes out to our gen- erous sponsors: Pure Luxury Transportation, Camellia


Inn,


DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country, Hilton Sonoma Wine Country, Kaiser Perma- nente,


Lace


House Linen, Aarestad-Gjer- vik Consulting, Castino Res- taurant Supply, Russian River Valley Wine- growers Foun- dation,


BiRite


Foodservice Distributors,


Exchange Bank, First Ameri- can Title, Flamingo Confer- ence Resort and Spa, Hop- monk Tavern, Merrill, Arnone & Jones, LLP, Vintners Inn, Petaluma Poultry, Clover Stor- netta Farms, Myers Restaurant Supply, LLC, Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel and Southern Wine and Spirits.


She’s only in her 40s, but my friend Mary has bounced back from cancer, heart problems, even a stroke. Through it all, she and her husband, Mark, have kept their sense of humor. One day she said, “You know what kills me … ?”


Super Strainer


Smiling, Mark teased, “Apparently nothing.”


“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you


cannot hate.” C. JoyBell C.


“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.” ~ Michelle Hodkin


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