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Family Food Zone

The Family Food Zone Cooking Stage offers educational demos and cooking lessons from national and local chefs in an interactive environment designed to entertain and inform.

Top Chef Kids Competition

Join us for the 2nd annual Taste of Atlanta Top Chef Kids Cooking Competition. The competition will showcase three young chefs-in-training. They will be given select regional ingredients to cook with and time to prepare for the competition.

At Taste of Atlanta, the chefs will square off against each other to create their dishes for a panel of kid judges ages 9 - 12. Come watch these budding young chefs compete and learn how to prepare their special recipes. We'll have different teams competing on Saturday and Sunday on the Family Food Zone stage.

Saturday

October 6th

Emcee: Donna Rodriguez

11:30 - 12:15

Great American Bake Off Winner

With Makenna Stalvey and Autumn Gruber

Making "Colorful Wisdom Cake" : Makenna and Autumn took the cake in the youth category at this year's Great American Baking Contest held February 29 at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Watch and learn as they share their tricks of the baking trade and shows you how to create the winning dessert.
 

12:45 - 1:30

Tricked Out Treats

With Chef Chris Marconi of West Egg Café

Are you haunted by luscious chocolates, creamy caramels and fruity gummies? Wrap your skulls around several enchanting sweets, as our pastry chefs work their hocus pocus.
 

2:00 - 2:45

Gluten Free Like Me

With Jennifer Harris of Pure Knead and GIG in Atlanta, and Chef Christophe Holmes of Figo Pasta

Gluten-Free blogger Jennifer Harris reveals her firsthand experience as a gluten-free girl and shares the basics for her healthy approach to a fabulous lifestyle, as Christophe Holmes of FIGO showcases FIGO's gluten-free eats.
 

3:15 - 4:00

Top Chef Kids Competition

Featuring Chef David Larkworthy of 5 Seasons Westside, and son, Liam VS Chef Kathy Miliotis of Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, and daughter, Kora

Two aspiring chefs-in-training will partner with two professional Atlanta culinarians for the second year of this riveting rivalry.
Teams will square off against each other to create innovative dishes featuring select regional ingredients. A panel of kid judges will decide which team reigns supreme.

Sunday

October 7th

Emcee: Lizzie Marie

11:30 - 12:15

Portion Size Me

With Marshall Reid.
http://portionsize.me/

Learn about Portion Size Me, a lifestyle and campaign that started out as a summer project in the Reid home after then-10-year-old Marshall Reid of Sanford NC inspired his family to "get real" with their food choices. Now leading the Portion Size Me campaign, Marshall continues to shed pounds and increase his energy by finding new, interesting ways to eat healthy, local foods and keep exercise a mainstay of his daily routine
 

12:45 - 1:30

Sweetwater Growers and Sprint 2 the Table

Scott Dault and Laura Hall of Sweetwater Growers

Learn how to make Butternut Squash Apple Soup with Scott Dault and Laura Hall of Sweetwater Growers. They'll be using their specialty olive oils, crafting up a favorite fall recipe.

2:00 - 2:45

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

With Little Shop of Stories and Constanzo Astarita of Baraonda Ristorante Italiano

Making "Baraonda's Meatballs" : Today's forecast is clearly "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!" Roll with us as we read and eat our way through this savory story.
 

3:15 - 4:00

Top Chef Kids Competition

Featuring restaurateur Frank Ski and son, Harrison VS High Road Craft Ice Cream and Sorbet's Chef Keith Schroeder and daughter, Maddy

Two aspiring chefs-in-training will partner with two professional Atlanta culinarians for the second year of this riveting rivalry. Teams will square off against each other to create innovative dishes featuring select regional ingredients. A panel of kid judges will decide which team reigns supreme.
 
 
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