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From Craigslist -

The Santa Barbara based s’Cool Food Initiative is looking for qualified chefs to apply for the Cook for America® Culinary Boot Camp Instructor Training Program being held this May in Santa Barbara, California.

Chefs should live in close proximity to Santa Barbara County and be interested in using their expertise to work in school food reform. Accepted candidates will be trained to become Cook for America® Culinary Boot Camp Instructors and Mobile Chef Advisors.

Application deadline is 5:00 P.M. PST, Friday, February 18, 2011.
Interviews will be held on Monday-Wednesday March 7th-9th, 2011. 

Please respond directly to Melissa Bishop, Programs Manager at Melissa@orfalea.org for a Program Description and Application 

Labels: Chef, cooking schools, Orfalea, s'Cool Food, Santa Barbara, School Lunches

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nepove will display at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa the same herb-muddling, canister-shaking form that helped him win the Bacardi Martini Grand Prix three years ago in Italy. The occasion is a four-course, drinks-with-dinner event co-created by the inn’s executive chef, Jamie West. For reservations, $85, call 646-1111

Lavender Martini
Originally uploaded by wandermelon.

Labels: cheflebrity, cooking schools, Dinner, ojai

Montecito Country Kitchen - Ecole de Cuisine, founded in 1999, is located in beautiful Santa Barbara. The classes they offer feature a two-hour demonstration of a three or four course meal, with some student participation followed by a dinner and wine tasting of the meal prepared. The menus reflect each seasons harvest drawn from the local farmer's markets. The classes focus on creating an entire meal and to share the very special experience of gathering friends and family around the dinner table.

Labels: cooking schools, Santa Barbara