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Day 1: Welcome to the Summer Culinary Atelier! Meeting new people and making new friends! 5 days of adventure ahead of us! We’re excited!
Day 1: Cooking, cooking, cooking in the studio of the Culinary Atelier!
EVERYBODY got hands on cooking!
Those smoked chicken look amazing Kaycee!
Day 1: After several hours of cooking, time to enjoy lunch!
Dining pond side!
In the Magical Mini Van, heading to our very first Foodie Excursion! It appears that we are having a bit of fun already!
Thanks Jesse at Naia Gelateria Broadway Plaza WC.
Day 1: Naia Gelateria, where we tasted 44 gelatos! Yes, 44!
Day 1: Naia Gelateria. Thank you Jesse! It was a perfect way to end our fabulous first day of the Summer Culinary Atelier!
Day 2: Tcho Chocolate Factory San Francisco. Lookin fly in our hairnets before the tour.
Day 2: We learned so much about WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & HOW of TCHO Chocolate! It’s the ONLY chocolate MADE in SF. The BEST!
Day 2: Ferry Building Walk & Farmers Market Talk
Mushrooms at Far West Fungi at Ferry Building
Cowgirl Creamery at Ferry Building Plaza
Tasting cheese and deciding on which cheese to put on our pizzas for tomorrow!
Day 2: Hungry for pizza at Pizzeria Delfina in SF Mission.
Thanks Delfina for the Delicious thin crust pizzas and the tour!
At Delfina, we got a private tour from Chef Chris!
Chef Chris showed us where they cure meats and store varieties of olive oils!
We got to go into the walk in refrigerators!
We got to see the behind the scenes of one of the top restaurants in SF! Thank you Chef Chris and GM Mike for your generosity!
After our lunch at Delfina, we went to Tartine Bakery and then across the street to Bi-Rite Creamery for ice cream! What an awesome day!!!
Day 3: Private Tour & Tasting at Lotties Creamery Broadway Plaza Walnut Creek!
Owner Deb, explained to us how she made Lotties happen!
We went behind the scenes as Deb showed us all her specialized equipment that help her do her ice cream magic! We even went into the the freezer!
We got to taste all her delicious creations, from the only micro creamery in the East Bay!
There’s even ice cream sandwiches!
Thanks Deb & Alex at Lotties Creamery!
Day 3: Rodgers Ranch Urban Teaching Farm in Pleasant Hill.
Our hosts Marion & John showed us what was growing and how to harvest!
Learning where our food comes from. Vegetables, herbs, bees and more at Rodgers Ranch Urban Farm!
Harvesting cucumbers…like a PRO!
Harvesting potatoes! Great job ladies!
Make & Bake our own pizzas on the farm!
Making farm fresh artisan pizza creations. We made the pizza dough, and toppings from farmers market or harvested ourselves!
Food tastes so good after working on the farm!
Tommy the teen beekeeper gave us a Bee Talk! We learned so much about a Bee’s life. Thanks so much Tommy! We really appreciate your time and knowledge!
After the Farm, we returned to the Atelier to cook, cook, cook!
Grilling!
Day 4: We went to La Cucina in SF. This is the only “Incubator kitchen” in SF. They assist people with starting up their own food business. Olive of Saint & Olive spoke to us about how she got her start! She’s a professional hair stylist who is on a path to becoming known for her delicious Biscotti!
Olive let us taste several types of biscotti and she even gave us a generous gift bag with various flavors of her biscotti! Thank you Olive, we really were INSPIRED by your story!
La Cucina mentors and supports their members from the cooking aspect to the marketing and financing. Olive showed us her new packaging!
Delicious biscotti both savory and sweet!
Brent is the kitchen manager and he gave us a behind the scenes tour of the process of what the vendor (members) need to do in order to cook there!
There was a lot happening in that kitchen. Apparently there were two tamale companies working directly across from each other…Wow!
La Cucina makes so many members dreams come true! They have opened their own restaurants, food trucks and sell their food in the grocery store. Thank you Brent for the educating talk & tour!
Day 4: We went to the famous Tonys Pizza Napoletana!
We ordered 3 pizzas!!
Thanks Tonys Pizza in North Beach!
The famous Margherita pizza. Tonys only makes 73 per day! We got one!
If you like SPICY this this COAL Fired New Yorker will be the one for you! We also go a Detroit style deep dish pizza!
Let’s try BONE MARROW with clams & bacon!!
Ready to try bone marrow!
Bone marrow, bone marrow, bone marrow!
Since HE tried it, we’ll try it! Trying new foods…like bone marrow!
Full & content! On to the tour!
Pizza maker champion and kitchen manager Laura, talks to us about Tonys before she takes us on a tour!
Laura takes us behind the scenes in the kitchen of Tonys!
The secret ingredient for Tonys pizza dough!
Surprisingly the kitchen at Tonys is very small for the amount of pizzas they pump out!
Another AMAZING excursion! Thanks to Laura & staff at Tonys for making our visit special!
Walking our pizza off! Postcard view while we’re crossing Stockton & Columbus in North Beach after our lunch at Tonys!
Trying on designer hats at Goorin Bros hat shop in North Beach!
Day 5: Our LAST excursion was a private tour and lunch at Google headquarters in Mountain View!
Day 5: Here we are! Let the FUN begin!
In the lobby of one of the main office buildings on the Google campus. Oh, there’s laptops that you can use while you wait! Nice!
Shawna is a chef at Google who arranged for our wonderful time. She personally showed us around the Google campus.
Our first stop was to SLICE! A smoothie shop at Google!
A perfect way to start our day!
Cheers to Google!
We met a lot of people including this chef who’s husband is also a chef at Google. They LOVE working at Google!
Next stop was one of the largest cafes on campus. At Google, all the food is free for the employees.
There is food every 150 feet from where an Google employee works!
Behind the scenes!
Chef Kellie with one of her graduates who now works at Google!
There is every cuisine you can imagine! Sushi, Street Food, Diner, BBQ, Salad Bar, Burritos…you name it!
We peeked into the bake shop that makes desserts only….that’s all they do…for the Google peeps!
This conveyor belt is where you drop off you dirty dishes and it takes it on a trip!
At Shawna’s cafe GO!
EAT! There’s food everywhere!
Thank you Shawna! You were an awesome host and tour guide! Thank you for making this happen for us!
Beautiful garden space for chill in or perhaps taking your dog for a sniff. Dogs ARE allowed at Google!
Various types of art and architecture throughout the campus!
The dinosaur represents what they NEVER want to become. The Pink Flamingos represent FUN!
Thanks Google! This excursion was definitely a memorable one!
What a wonderful journey we’ve had together!
Making new friends and cooking together!
New places and experiences!
Learning Where Are Food Comes From!
Thank you Kaycee for being such a wonderful Assistant to Chef!
Bonding and creating memories!
The Summer Culinary Atelier 2013 will never be forgotten. Thank you to ALL who participated! We had a BLAST!
Such an awesome time had by all!!
Chef Kellie Joe 