6.23.20 / Events
This year, Savor Pride has gone virtual due to COVID-19. But that doesn’t stop us from having a blast!
Chef Kate Pelayo, is Sous Chef at TAO in Los Angeles. She received her first degree in Communication Arts and followed it with a degree in Culinary in the Philippines. After completing her second degree, Kate worked in Palm Springs, New York City, and is now back on the West Coast.
For Savor Pride, Chef Pelayo made Ginger Honey Glazed Salmon. Cook along with her here!
In the second virtual cooking demonstration, Chef Renee Blackman in NYC makes chicken thighs seasoned with ginger and cilantro; confit potatoes and charred broccolini. Pairs well with the delicious “BTC” cocktail from Nordstrom.
Cook along with her here!
In the third virtual cooking demonstration, friend to God’s Love Chef Amanda Freitag makes lamb burger with mint yogurt. Pairs well with a SKYY Spring Garden Martini.
Cook along with her here!
In the fourth virtual cooking demonstration, Chefs Mavis-Jay Sanders and Sicily Sierra make pan-seared fish with green sauce and white bean salad.
Cook along with them here!
Mavis-Jay Sanders has cooked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Blue Hill, and Untitled in New York later becoming part owner of the award-winning food truck Pico House in Los Angeles. Chef Sanders returned to New York as the Director of Operations at The Brownsville Community Culinary Center and in 2019, she was honored as one of Star Chefs’ New York Rising Star Chef. She is a James Beard Chef’s Boot Camp alum, a Chef’s Collaborative scholar, and is frequently a featured chef of the New York’s Queer Soup Night. She is now a co-founder of Food Plus People, an organization celebrating black culture and community through food.
Sicily Sierra became a successful actress on a primetime family comedy, One on One. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu, she started an internship at the Los Angeles Times’ test kitchen after which she and her mother co-founded Pinky & Red’s as part of La Cocina’s incubator program. Chef Sicily wants to create a food space that fosters a space for the black community to come together to enjoy one another’s company over dishes that are an ode to her ancestry, an edible piece of culture deeply tied to place and family. Chef Mavis-Jay Sanders and Chef Sicily Sierra together started Food Plus People.
In the fifth and final virtual cooking demonstration, Chef Liz Alpern made seasonal borscht.
Cook along with her here!
Liz Alpern is the creator of Queer Soup Night, a global event series highlighting the talent of queer chefs and raising funds for locally-based social justice organizations. She is co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods (Flatiron Books, 2016) and co-owner of The Gefilteria, a food venture that’s been reimagining Old World Jewish Foods since 2012. She was also co-executive producer of 2020’s Great Big Jewish Food Fest.
Liz received her MBA from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business and is on the faculty of the International Culinary Center’s Entrepreneurship program. Her passion for food extends to the world of food systems, and she serves a consultant for national non-profit organization, Fair Food Network. Liz has been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List and was selected for The Cherry Bombe 100 in 2018.
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