The founding father of Dine LBC launches non-profit Lengthy Seaside Meals and Beverage

With Dine LBC – Moncton Restaurant Week, which was suspended this summer due to COVID-19, founder and organizer Terri Henry 501 (c) launched 3 registered, nonprofit Moncton Food & Beverage with planned initiatives to support local restaurants and chefs .

The opening initiative consists of a series of live streaming virtual interactive cooking classes hosted by Moncton chefs starting August 15th. Courses are launched on a private ZOOM platform with a limited number of viewers at a cost of $ 35- $ 55 per class, with revenue shared between the Chef and Moncton Food & Beverage to help cover operating expenses.

Participating chefs include:

• Chef Kat McIver (Wide Eyes Open Palms)
• Chef Amanda Jackson (Netflix’s Cooked with Cannabis and Chef Amanda & Co.)
• Chef Vinod “VR” Venkataraman (Appus Café)
• Chef Nicolle Allen (Baked Vegan Sweets)
• Chef Christian Simionato (Sestieri)
• Chef Julie Schwarz (Owner, SoCal Farmers Market and Market Cultivator)
• Chef Angel Macias (Soul Food & Zen Cooking)
• Chef Aliye Aydin (A good carrot and pleasure in spices)
• Chef Stefanie Kelly (Chef Stef Candy and Browning High School Culinary Instructor)
• Chef Kevin Lemmon (Kevin’s Kitchen)
• Chef Paul Buchanan (Primal Alchemy Catering)
• Chef Jill Sassoon (Scratch Bakery)

Additional cooks and courses are added daily. Cocktail classes hosted by local bartenders will be added soon.

“We have been working since the end of last year to bring this non-profit association onto the market. It was originally designed to support Moncton restaurants without paid operations and marketing advice, ”said Terri Henry, founder of Moncton Food & Beverage. “But when COVID-19 hit, we like everyone else turned around and developed live streaming cooking classes so our chefs could keep doing what they did best and put some money in their pockets during these challenging times.”

You can find upcoming cooking courses HERE. Chefs and bartenders interested in an event can find more information and register HERE. Media interested in a course contact [email protected]

About Moncton Food & Beverage
Founded in 2019, Moncton Food & Beverage is a registered 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization aimed at celebrating and empowering the restaurant community through advice, marketing, public relations, fundraising and exciting culinary initiatives.

We’re there to support the unique interests of our restaurants and literally “put stubs in the seats”. We celebrate and showcase our restaurants, pubs, breweries, bars and food companies through exciting events throughout the year. Our community includes restaurants of all sizes and profiles and we have a valuable network of resources to support them in all growth phases.

Today Moncton is writing its food future. Moncton Food & Beverage prides itself on representing the voice of the restaurant and food service industry, supporting its progress, and raising its profile in our community and beyond. For more information, visit www.lbfoodandbeverage.org or call (562) 572-4770. Registered tax number 84-2641039.

This article is a free publication.

Chef Amanda Jackson shows how it’s done for Moncton Food and Beverage. Courtesy photo.

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