For this free write I'd like to talk about one of my favorite events we did at my internship.
The Street Eats Food Truck Festival takes place in January. It was a coincidence my company was a part of this because I had tried to attend it the year before, but wasn't able to get in due to an overwhelming attendance. So this year, they added another day and more food trucks. I think it went a lot smoother.
My company's job in the festival was to hire and book celebrity chefs to do cooking demonstrations. Since I was little, I've watched the Food Network and the Cooking Channel. I absolutely love food, cooking and baking, and get more excited about chefs than rock stars. So, when I found out we were getting Chef Geoffrey Zakarian for one of our chef demonstrations, I lost it. He is one of my favorite chefs of all time. And by the grace of God, it was my job that day to show him around, make sure he had everything he needed, and basically hang out with him until it was time for the demonstration. It was so awesome.
The best part of the day was as I was walking back to my car, I got a call from one of the girls that works at the company saying we were invited to go to dinner with Geoffrey and his sous chef at Pizzeria Bianco. I could have died I was so excited. I raced home to a house full of family over for dinner, excited to tell them I wouldn't be joining them that night. My sister in law helped me pick out an outfit and I left for dinner. We got there and he ordered a bottle of wine for the 5 of us and one of everything on the menu, including another bottle of wine. It was one of the coolest experiences of my life. The festival went well, and the night was even better. I got to have a conversation over amazing dinner with someone I've wanted to meet for a really long time. Definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity!
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