Food Education Fund

Tonight at 6p EST, tune in for another session of Visiting Chefs Goes Virtual led by Chef Elle Simone (@elle_simone_scott)! Elle will be sharing some food styling tips live on IG after her private demonstration with FEF students! In our Visiting Chefs Goes Virtual series, students follow along demos from home with ingredients provided by FEF. Top industry talent teach recipes, techniques and more- catch our students dropping in to IG live with Elle, too!

Happening today as part of FEF's Alumni Accelerator! John Meadow, Founder of LDV Hospitality (@ldvlife) leads the FIRST of our outside expert-led workshops as part of our accelerator program. Today's topic: Evaluating The Market. John will connect with our participating cohort of alums on applying your business ideas to real-world scenarios, market analysis, and more! The Food Education Fund Alumni Accelerator is a business accelerator program with a focus on changing the fut...ure of which people, and what communities get to own and prosper from the creation of new enterprises. For far too long the restaurant and food business industry has not provided enough opportunity for diversity and equity at the highest ranks. This hands-on and in-depth program prepares and empowers our alumni to pitch their own business ideas to a real panel of potential business partners. Stay tuned for the reveal of our participating alumni, coaches, and mentors! See more

TW: Gun Violence Research shows that society views Black and Brown students as older and less innocent than similarly aged White students. When we do this, we deny Black and Brown students the safety of being seen as a child. We don't allow space for mistakes, we don't allow space for dreaming big, and we don't respect the physical and mental stages that students are going through. Had the police seen Adam Toledo as the 13-year-old boy that he was, he would very likely still ...be here with us today. While we anxiously await the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin with the rest of our community, we need to addressthe dehumanization and institutionalized racism before we can expect change. Link to full article quoted in our bio link tree shortly

Our friends at @cherrybombe are kicking things off for their Julia Jubilee with @StanleyTucci and @InaGarten who'll be hanging out virtually for the first time ever- you can join them AND support FEF at the same time. The event, taking place in partnership with @JuliaChildFoundation will benefit FEF- tix are $10 and the link to purchase is in our bio! The Julia Jubilee is @cherrybombe's virtual celebration of the life and legacy of Julia Child and it's taking place April 22 - April 29 in partnership with the @JuliaChildFoundation! We can’t wait to tune in and hope you will, too! #juliachild

Today, @thedrewbarrymoreshow aired a special spotlight on our @passthespatula team members Chayil, Christopher, and AnthonyDrew asked the team about their inspiration to highlight chefs of color, what they've learned along the way of creating their own student showcase magazine and more! The #PassTheSpatula crew then got to hang back as @chefkwameonwuachi cooked his Jollof Rice with Jerk Lamb and Gooseberries, featured in @questlovesfood’s Mixtape Potluck! ... ICYMI, we've got you covered- head to the link in bio for a stream of the episode featuring some of the #PassTheSpatula team and Chef Kwame! See more