Gluten-Free Cooking Spree: Celiac Awareness is on the Menu

Join the fun, watch cooks compete and raise awareness for celiac disease!

Drexel University and the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) are joining forces to bring you a fabulous evening of delicious gluten-free hors d'oeurves, desserts, wine and other beverages plus a look at the world of gluten-free cooking.

Prominent Philadelphia Area doctors will partner with Drexel University Culinary Arts students to compete in developing gluten-free recipes and preparing the delicious results.

Party-goers will have a terrific opportunity to go behind the scenes and into Drexel's Test Kitchens to watch these doctor-student teams as they prepare their dishes for the competition.

Two celebrity food experts will judge the gluten-free cooking competition:

-  Chef Georges Perrier of Le Bec-Fin, Georges' and Brasserie
   Perrier

-  Christina Pirello, macrobiotic chef, host of public television’s Christina 
   Cooks  and author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way and Christina Cooks:
   Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were
   Afraid to Ask

Guests will have the chance to watch the teams as they prepare their entries.

This event is hosted by the Drexel University Department of Hospitality Studies led by Chef Francis McFadden, Assistant Dean of the Goodwin School of Professional Studies. 

The Drexel School of Public Health under the leadership of Dean Marl Gold, M.D. is supporting the cook-off. 

The co-chairs are Debra Brady and Marla Gold.

DATE:         THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006
TIME:          6:00 PM- 9:00 PM
LOCATION:  ACADEMIC BISTRO
                  DREXEL UNIVERSITY
                  33rd & ARCH STREETS
                  SIXTH FLOOR 
                  PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104           
COST:        $50 per person
                  $35 per student
                  Donations are tax deductible.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE! Click here to begin. 

Event is limited to 150 people.

For directions to Drexel University's Academic Bistro, click here.

Questions:  Call 215.762.2552 | celiac@drexel.edu 

We look forward to seeing you there as we enjoy a very special evening and raise awareness for celiac disease.  Help us "restore health and reclaim lives"!