As November creeps in, the essential season of fundraisers is upon us. Now that my 3rd season of Fearless in the Kitchen has wrapped, I can spend some time supporting all kinds of great organizations and charities that work tirelessly throughout the year. I want to tell you about the ones I’ve chosen to participate in this year as well as share a variety of little updates about my Fired-up roasted red pepper spread and some social media progress that I’ve made over the last couple of months.
Since I’ve written a total of three cookbooks over the years and I know how much work, sweat and commitment it takes, I’m excited to be the master of ceremonies for the Canadian Culinary Book Awards to be held at the Royal Ontario Winter Fair November 7, 2011. These awards are handed out annually for excellence in a variety of Canadian categories both English and French. The night before, on November 6th, I’ll be mentoring some students to cook from my book ‘Pure Food'.
For the first time, I’m so excited to be a part of a Chef’s Series at the Brick Works in Toronto. My class is called Cooking for Celebrations and will be matched with delicious Stratus wines on November 8th .
After recovering from my evening of cooking, wining and dining at the Brick Works, I have to keep my palette fresh to judge the amazing Gold Medal Plates Olympic Fundraiser at the convention centre on November 9th. I’ve been on the judges panel from the very first event- six years ago- and everyone is so proud of how much it’s grown and how incredibly important it is to our Olympic athletes. I must remember to wear comfy shoes as we’ll be in a massive ballroom with seven hundred guests tasting countless extra-ordinary offerings from Toronto’s best chefs. Who will win the Gold Medal Plate this year?
I’m finally getting a grip on the world of ” tweet- ups”, “hash tags” and “hootlets”. If you have no clue what I’m talking about, don’t worry I felt the same way, but after being one of the speakers at a recent social media conference, She's Connected, at least I can say that I’m on my way to understanding this ever changing landscape of media and the role it is and will be playing in our future. If you’d like to see how I’m using social media and connect with me please follow at:
My Facebook page is still very new so please give me a "like".
Finally, a few odds and ends, first about my show-‘Fearless in the Kitchen’ on OWN . It has moved to Tuesday nights at 9:00 and 9:30 pm and the network posted some of the recipes on the site but they are still working on the rest. And here is a sneak preview of the new label for my new red pepper spread, that will be arriving in stores by the end of the month.
As always, I love to hear from you in the form of comments, questions and suggestions.
Be Fearless,
