Where will life lead you....If you are looking for a fun way to meet people who live in the east bay while honing in on your cooking skills, my best suggestion is signing up for an upcoming cooking class at www.pauldingandco.com Terry Paulding is just the best! When I contacted her recently she gave me a great tip I'd like to pass on. You can subscribe to her monthly news letter, In the Kitchen—full of great classes,
farmers market finds and a monthly recipe, too! It's simple. Just go to www.pauldingandco.com, and click on the subscription link from the home page. View the current newsletter and the archives in the “what’s new” section.
Interested but not sure you're ready to take a class? Well then, mark your calendar for October 11th and watch her and her daughter defend their Crabby Chef Title at Spenger's. Yes, Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto (est. 1890) has announced their 9th annual Crabby Chefs Seafood Festival, this year benefiting the Berkeley Cal Recreational Sports Development Fund’s Camp Scholarship Program.
The festival includes a colorful “Iron Chef” style culinary competition that culminates with a Crabby Chef being chosen, plus, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., outdoor food booths will be selling cooked crab, crab cakes, clam chowder and other seafood delights, along with beer, wine and soft drinks, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Cal Recreational Sports Development Fund’s Camp Scholarship Program. There will also be musical entertainment.
The culinary competition is free, open for public viewing and will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Also on site for the festivities will be the Pacific Seafood “road show,” a mobile retail fish and shellfish store in the form of an 18 wheeler walk-in truck parked adjacent to the event staging area. The public can purchase the freshest seafood available in the Bay Area for preparation at home.
For more information on the Crabby Chef Challenge and Benefit, call Spenger’s at (510) 845-7771. Spenger's is located at 1919 Fourth Street in Berkeley, California, just off of I-80.