The First Annual Start From Scratch Summer Social

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I’m beyond stoked to spread the word that my local cooking initiative, Start From Scratch, is having its inaugural fundraiser in late June. My program partner, Jacinthe Koddo, and I have been working hard improving the cooking course and getting ready for an exciting expansion happening this fall.

To help us with that, we’ve partnered up with Casel Marche, six amazing chefs and six talented food writers/bloggers to create a fundraiser full of delicious food and wine. To stay in-line with our Start From Scratch philosophy, we’ve paired up each chef with a local food writer/blogger to come up with six special dishes for the evening. There will even be take home recipe cards so that each attendee can go home and recreate the dishes themselves! Needless to say, we’re all about cooking from scratch!

Here are the six pairs of foodies coming together for our first ever Start From Scratch Summer Social:

Kyle Groves (Catch) and Stephanie Eddy (Globe and Mail columnist, Clockwork Lemon author)

Geoff Rogers (Home Tasting Room) and Gwendolyn Richards (Calgary Herald writer, Patent and the Pantry author)

Roy Oh (Anju) and Vincci Tsui (food writer, Ceci N’est Pas Un Food Blog author)

Drew Masterman (Blue Star Diner/Dairy Lane Cafe) and Lori Andrews (photographer, The Ten Cent Designer author)

Grayson Sherman (Jelly Modern Doughnuts) and Stephanie Arsenault (food writer, Global Dish author)

Dominique Moussu (Cassis Bistro) and Michelle Maingat (food blogger, Yum Yum Yummers author)

I’m beyond thankful that all of these talented people have donated their time to our cause. As I previously mentioned above, the fundraiser will take place at Casel Marche on June 21st, starting at 8 p.m.

In addition to six unique dishes, J. Webb Wine Merchant will pair a perfect beverage with each offerings. The evening will also feature some live music, silent auction and a very special guest (will reveal who very soon once the details are confirmed)!

Tickets for the Start From Scratch Summer Social are available now (click here to purchase). For only $50, you get to try six awesome dishes, complete with wine/cocktail pairings and get to mingle with some of Calgary’s top chefs and foodies. What better way to kick off summer than with some amazing food and great people?

I hope to see you there! Tell your friends!

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