FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 3, 2010

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

Celebrity Chefs Michelle Bernstein and Kris Wessel, food service staff and Culinary Arts students from Miami Edison Senior High School.

Chef Bernstein and Chef Wessel will work with the school food service staff and Culinary Arts students to create a dessert that will be sampled at the schools and featured on the menus at their restaurants, Michy’s and Red Light.

Monday, December 6, 2010
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Miami Edison Senior High School Cafeteria
6161 NW 5 Court
Miami, Florida 33127

The purpose of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Chef Partnership Program is to partner local celebrity chefs, Michelle Bernstein, Kris Wessel, Ken Lyon and Frank Jeannetti, with schools that are in the same neighborhood as their restaurant and/or schools with which the Chefs may have a direct connection. Engaging students and staff in culinary skills, food preparation and expanding nutrition knowledge are important steps to improving eating habits and increasing meal participation through a fresh approach to school food service.  The Chefs work with the food service staff at their school on a monthly basis. 

This month’s activity is to create a dessert that can be featured on their restaurant’s menu, highlighting the Chef Partnership program.  This will be the first time Culinary Arts students from Miami Edison Senior will participate in this activity.