Coming in ahead of 340 other submissions, local Good Earth chef Todd Bolton won first place in Michelle Obama’s Recipes For Healthy Kids challenge.
The First Lady’s contest included three categories that competitors submitted recipes to: whole grains, dark green and orange vegetables, and dry beans and peas. Working with a team of staff members and students at the South Education Center Alternative Program (SECA) school, Chef Bolton revised the recipe several times before perfecting his ultimate creation: mini turkey burgers.
Chef Bolton’s culinary masterpieces went through two elimination rounds before being invited to participate in a national cook-off event on July 25, 2011, at the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Convention. Chef Bolton’s mini turkey burgers were selected as the overall winner at the final reception with an overwhelming round of cheering and applauding.
Chef Bolton and his team were awarded with $3,000 for the school lunch program at SECA, a recipe spotlight in Recipes for Healthy Kids Cookbook, and a potential invitation to prepare their mini turkey burgers at the White House for the First Lady.
Try Bolton’s award-winning turkey porcupine sliders (made with spinach, dried cranberries and brown rice, and served on a toasted multigrain roll with lettuce and tomato, $7.95) at either Good Earth location.
