TV Chef Cook-off and International Food week!

Welcome to our final week of summer camp. This week we have been joined by some wonderful new chefs!

After the new chefs decorated their aprons, it was off to the garden as usual to water our growing plants! We have tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers all happily growing in the back.

This morning's kitchen adventure revolved around two of our favorite TV chefs: Paula Deen and Emeril Lagasse. The chefs made a classic comfort-food - chicken pot pies! While in the kitchen the chefs learned a bit more about the TV chefs while preparing the classic dish.

Lady & Sons Chicken Pot Pie (Paula Deen)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/lady-and-sons-chicken-pot-pie-recipe/index.html

The chefs were transported to Morocco in the afternoon - making a Moroccan stew.

Morrocan Chicken Stew with Orzo (from Food Network)

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/good-food-fast-with-family-circle/moroccan-chicken-stew-recipe/index.html

Here are some pictures from today!

(scroll down to meet the new chefs and their bios)

Chefs Halle, Eliana and Nikki preparing Paula Deen's chicken pot pie.


Chefs Elizabeth and Molly busy cutting chicken.

Busy little campers!!!






NOW meet our newest chefs!!!

Chef Molly is a very funny 10 year old girl. Who’s favorite food is chicken parmesan. Molly also enjoys spending time with her two cats Pierson and Fiona. In her free time she enjoys playing soccer and sleeping. Since she loves to play soccer so much one of the things she wants to do when shes older is be a soccer player.

Chef Halle is a 10 year old cookmazing girl who loves baking cupcakes. Because of her love for the kitchen, she would love to be a chef! Her favorite thing to make are cookies. And shes not alone in her house, she has two dogs named Tillie and Stevie, a turtle named Remmie AND two hermit crabs named Kermit the crab and Physical.

Chef Eliana is a very fantastic 10 year old who absolutely loves baking cakes! She spends many hours in the kitchen cooking things from her cook-book. Her favorite food is spagetti! Like Chef Nikki, Eliana hopes to be a famous chef someday.

Chef Eliana has plenty of company at home including a dog named Rosie, a cat named Sunshine and a bird named Joy!

Chef Elizabeth is a funny 9 year old who also loves to bake and cook. Her favorite food is cookie bar. She would love to be a cake baker when she grows up. She also enjoys making mashed potatoes.

Like our other chefs, Chef Elizabeth has pet too: 3 dogs: Mo, Farley and GG and a cat named Samie.

Chef Nikki is a “cookmazing” 10 year old who loves cooking! Her favorite food is edible cookie dough. Since she loves to spend time in the kitchen - you will find her making brownies, and fruit salad. Someday Chef Nikki wants to use her love of cooking to pursue a culinary career as a chef!

Outside of the kitchen Nikki has two cats, Pumpkin and Chloe.