The first Open Chef-A-Me night is sold out!
The Philadelphia CityPaper's Mealt Ticket blog writes:
Open Chef-A-Me (like “sesame”) is an “open mic night for local chefs” dreamed up by IT professional Jesse Middleton, his brother Louis and friends Evan Kaplowitz and Bart Mroz. The concept: The team finds amateur chefs who think they have what it takes to prepare a meal in a real restaurant kitchen, and round up diners who pay a mere $25 to sit for hors d’oeuvres and a three-course dinner.
Though it’s already sold out, the first chef will be co-founder Mroz, who actually has some pro experience behind the stove: His parents owned a catering company. The native Pole, who runs round3media, will offer fare like a spring green salad, a Polish cauliflower dish with browned butter and breadcrumbs and beef braised in Victory Baltic Thunder Porter (they’ve secured the Downingtown Brewery as a beverage sponsor).
We are all very excited for the first night of Open Chef-A-Me and we hope that it turns into a regular event where local talent can show off their skills in the kitchen. We know it will be filled with fun, food, drinks and friends and that sounds great to us. How about you?
