Harvest Tapas Party(1)

IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT
COOKING
me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't
To
think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to
create something. -Ted Allen
Global Local Gourmet Mission Statement
Global Local Gourmet is a roving community
supported kitchen. We empower people through
culinary education. Creating interactive programs
and events around an appreciation of delicious food
and lifestyle, we inspire sustainable communities
through the pursuit of epicurean pleasure. With our
partners, our goal is to show the interconnectedness
of our world through food and culture while
promoting business practices that respect the
environment and each other.
Chef Nadine Nelson, the Green Queen of Cuisine, is the
sustainable chef and social entrepreneur/activist of
Global Local Gourmet which specializes in experiential
epicurean occasions that cook up delicious adventures far
from expected yet close to home in the form of cooking
classes, culinary tours, culinary team building events,
wellness workshops and pop up events. Chef Nadine is
from Toronto, Canada considered the most multicultural
city in the world. She is of Jamaican Heritage and likes to
combine global flavors with local ingredients sharing her
knowledge of ethnic flavors that are underrepresented in
culinary education. As a trained educator, writer, artist
and food professional based in the North East, her aim is
to use food as social sculpture and a catalyst to engage
people in issues from seed to waste while learning about
the world’s diverse gastronomies in fellowship and unity
with each other. Her writing has appeared in Plate
Magazine, Zester Daily, Farmer's Almanac, Kwanzaa
Culinarians and more. Her behind the scenes work in
recipe testing, food photography, food and prop styling
have graced blogs and several cookbooks. She has a
teaching certificate from Tufts University, has studied
cooking at the Ritz Escoffier in Paris and the New School
in New York, and farming at Sterling College and with
Soul Fire Farm. She is an avid novice gardener and
budding homesteader looking for land to start the ultimate
ecologically conscious culinary art center.