Princeton University chefs were welcomed as guest chefs for Princeton High School students, teachers and staff during lunchtime on Feb. 2.
This first-ever event was a direct outgrowth of the Garden State On Your Plate program, which brought local chefs into elementary schools to serve dishes made with lusciously fresh local produce. That program, funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Princeton School Gardens Cooperative, served 720 students at Community Park and Littlebrook elementary schools, their parents, and school teachers and administrators.
This event was made possible by the army of volunteers who served the children at the tastings; the chefs, including Stu Orefice, director of dining services at PU, who led this guest-chef effort; Princeton University; the farmers; the videographer, Jerry Tully; the teachers and administrators at PRS; Jim Gillespie and Cindy Hill of Chartwells Food Service; and countless others in our good food community.