Masterclass Chef Event: Strudels with Chef Pete McKenny

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Rane Culinary Science Center
205 S. College Street
Auburn, AL
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Date: May 8th, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM

Learn from Chef Pete McKenny, Executive Chef/General Manager of acclaimed SpringHouse. In a hands-on culinary class, Chef McKenny will share recipes and techniques to produce two types of sophisticated and delicious strudel dishes. Guests will sit down to enjoy the food that they have prepared while enjoying a paired wine. Purchase your tickets HERE.

Menu:
Mushroom Strudel with a Cambazola Fondue and Truffle Oil
Mixed Vegetable Strudel with a Sweet, Smoky and Spicy Tomato Gastrique

About Chef Pete McKenny:
Chef Pete McKenny, Executive Chef/General Manager of acclaimed SpringHouse.

Pete McKenny has been cooking professionally for over 25 years, reaching the corners of America. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, he took culinary arts as his ticket to explore. Working in some of the top-rated restaurants across the country, Ohio was the start. He worked at a French, 4-star-rated restaurant that ended up taking him to Portugal to a Michelin 2-star resort for a summer externship.

Once he returned to the States, he took his first out-of-state job here at Lake Martin at Willow Point Golf & Country Club where he worked for just over two years. There, he started to perfect his culinary style. After Alabama, Chef Pete took to the road and headed west to Washington state. There, he worked at a mountaintop resort, Sun Mountain Lodge, where he oversaw the AAA 4-Diamond dining room menu as the Executive Sous Chef and then took over as Executive Chef.