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Michael Lomonaco Emcees Flik Invitational Cook-off to Raise Money for Children's Culinary Education

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:00:00 GMT

On Friday, May 6th, Chef, Restaurateur and TV Personality Michael Lomonaco will be the Master of Ceremonies for the Flik Invitational Cook-off, an Iron Chef-like culinary competition to raise funds for children's culinary education programming. Flik Independent School Dining, which provides the foodservice and catering programs for over 125 independent schools, is hosting the event at The Trinity School in Manhattan to support Spoons Across America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating children, teachers, and families about the benefits of healthy eating. The proceeds from the event will go towards funding a Spoons Across America Dinner Party Project in New York City, where students learn the entire process of planning a dinner party for their families in a school or community center setting. Each culinary team consists of the school’s Flik Independent School Dining Executive Chef plus 11 students who will share the responsibilities of competing in the cook-off and implementing the catering duties for the event. The student culinary teams have worked together under the guidance of their executive chef for weeks in advance of the Cook-off to learn how to plan, prepare and budget for a three course meal, which they will prepare and present to a panel of judges at the Cook-off. Each team’s three-course meal will be judged on taste, presentation, creativity, nutritional balance, team participation and sanitation.

(PRWeb April 18, 2011)

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Flik Independent School Dining Serves Up Locally-Raised, Grass-Fed Beef in New York City Schools

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT

As part of its commitment to providing fresh, homemade meals and supporting sustainable agriculture practices, Flik Independent School Dining is serving all natural, grass-fed beef in schools throughout New York City. Flik Independent School Dining partners with the Northeast Livestock Processing Service Company (NELPSC) of Sprakers, New York, a company of livestock farmers who help 113 livestock farms with the processing and marketing of their locally-raised meat. NELPSC hand-selects the animals from family-owned farms, works with a third-party USDA-inspected custom processing plant and delivers the cut and packaged local meats via refrigerated truck directly to the New York City schools served by Flik Independent School Dining. The meat is grass-fed and all natural, meaning the animals are not given added hormones or prophylactic antibiotics and are not fed any animal by-products. Recipes and photos for Meatloaf with Ground Beef and Lamb and Seared Beef with Mushrooms and Onions are provided by Flik Independent School Dining chefs.

(PRWeb March 17, 2011)

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Flik Independent School Dining Awarded Top Honor for 2010 Whole Grains Challenge

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The Whole Grains Council announced the winners of its 2010 Whole Grains Challenge and Flik Independent School Dining won the Grand Prize amongst all categories of foodservice. The independent school foodservice provider took home the top prize in both the College and University and K-12 Private School categories, as well as received two honorable mentions.

(PRWeb December 06, 2010)

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Harvest Home Farmer's Market Receives $92,000 Grant From USDA

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Harvest Home Farmer's Market, operator of 16 open-air farmer's markets in the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, received a $92,000 grant from USDA's 2010 Farmer's Market Promotion Program. The funds will be used to increase the use of Food Stamps at the markets and implement nutrition education programming in the communities served by Harvest Home.

(PRWeb November 08, 2010)

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