Our team of volunteers is working hard to get ready for the second annual edition of Tasting Week. This year we are so lucky to host thirty chefs in fifteen schools across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Sunnyvale. Among some of the great names participating in Tasting Week, we have Nathan Beriau from Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, Charlie Ayers from Calafia in Palo Alto, Marco Fossati from Four Seasons in East Palo Alto, John Bentley from Bentley’s in Woodside, Liv Wu from Google, and many more. All the chefs are busy preparing their workshops for the kids.

This year we are also very proud to join forces with two great organizations to kick-off and close Tasting Week. We will launch on October 12 with La Soiree in collaboration with the French American Chamber of Commerce. This will be our biggest fundraiser this year. La Soiree has lined up some amazing cooking demonstrations and competitions, as well as some really good wines.

We will celebrate the end of Tasting Week a few weeks later on November 11 at the Observation Post in the Presidio with an event for families, developed in collaboration with Omnivore World Tour, celebrating young and innovative cuisine. We have been working closely with Chefs Nathan Beriau, Cynthia Falatic, and the Cord on Bleu California Culinary Academy to come up with a very special program for children. There will be workshops for your five senses, tasty lunch kits, food trucks and music. Sign up to celebrate with us and join the fun.

Last but not least, we are hoping to raise funds to broaden the program to more schools in the future, develop more educational programs for kids about food, and invite a few schools on field trip to the restaurants participating in Tasting Week. If you support this idea, please contribute to our cause.

We look forward to hearing your feedback, on this site or on our Facebook page.