Metro Cooking and Entertainment Day 2

As much fun as I had this weekend, it was a little tiring.  I am recovered now, had a great Jazzercise workout last night, got my desk and work organized for the future yesterday and feel like things are back to normal.

The cooking show on Sunday promised to be much easier for me than Saturday was.  For one thing I wasn't quite as nervous since I had already lived through one day.  For another, I only had one class not two, so piece of cake.  Also my lead Chef Cristian still thought I was crazy but not really a danger.

The first person I saw when I entered the room was Scott Peacock.  He is one of my favorite people and he remembered me!  He gave me a hug and we chatted a little.  If you don't know him check out Watershed and also his cookbook, it's great.  The okra fritters or pancakes, I forget the exact name of the recipe are tremendously good.  He too was doing an interactive class, his students were taller than mine!

Yes, I had to get a picture of me with my sign.  I was very excited to have my name up in front of my cooking spot.  I know, I am kind of geeky, but I think almost anyone would want to do the same thing.  I do not enjoy pictures of me however.

After my pictures I ran into friends Matthew and Lynda Phillips and Scott Wilson who tormented me in a friendly way, I'm sure, about pictures and autographs.  They were taking in the show and had just arrived.  We hugged, chatted and they were on their way.

The next famous chef to appear was Virginia Willis.  She is very nice, was a judge for the kid's cooking last summer and has a new cookbook out.  She was with her mom who I got to meet and Virginia was off to teach a class too with recipes from her book.  I have it and next time I see her will get her to sign it for me. 

It was getting close to my class time, so I went behind the black curtains to get ready for the 7 to 9 year olds.  I clearly remember the starts of the classes I taught and the end, but the middle parts are a blur.  Sometime in the middle on Sunday, one of the assistants said "wow did you just see John Ash come through here?".  Of course I didn't!  And I would have liked to have met him, I have at least one of his cookbooks! 

This is a time of teaching for me.  Tomorrow and Thursday I am teaching for The Culinary Business Academy and Saturday I have a Spring Brunch class at The Cook's Warehouse.  I love the variety in my life!