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Curtis at Liberty High School – Feb 8th
Shout Out to Liberty High School! Curtis is looking forward to his visit to Liberty High School in Kissimmee Florida on Friday February 8th! Curtis will be sharing his personal stories and experience of going through school unable to read, only to later at the age of 26 not only learn to read but go on to become a published author, Chef, Food Network TV Program Host and so much more! Go CHARGERS! Curtis love hear back from the students and faculty that he meets along the way of his literacy journey. Please send us your comments or posts for this site using the input form below.
Holiday Potluck Demonstration
Watch Curtis’s “Holiday Potluck” segment and special guest appearance on Charlotte Today!
Curtis Aikens’ Maize Cakes a product of Navajo immersion
By Jeff Cuttino * Atlanta Chef Recipes Examiner “Everybody has the right to/think whose food is the/most gorgeous/And I nominate Georgia’s.” – Ogden Nash The British poet couldn’t help but write in verse, even in this part of a preface he wrote for Harriet Ross Colquitt’s The Savannah Cook Book of 1933, in what is probably the grandest accolade ever given this state’s culinaria. Just as Flannery O’Connor stated in a letter that you can find a Southern writer tucked in the depths of every wood in the South, Georgia has an indigenous population of chefs who will selectively appear out from under the shadow of pine or emerge from some brambly thicket suddenly into the national spotlight. Curtis Aikens is an example of this mysteriously generated brand of fame, coming all the way from his obscure Conyers beginnings to Food Network multi-show renown. His road less travelled was more Read More…
THE ABCs of DEVOTION…
Chef Curtis Aikens found his life’s mission by LIZ BALMASEDA Palm Beach Post Food Editor Chef Curtis Aikens learned to cook decades before he learned to read. He learned from watching his mother, a woman blessed with Southern culinary talents, in the Georgia kitchen of his childhood. Learning to cook gave him a career. But learning to read — at age 26 — gave him a mission. “I feel God put me here for this purpose. I want to share my story, motivate people who have a reading problem and let them know not to be ashamed and embarrassed,” says Aikens, who will speak at the 20th Annual Love of Literacy Luncheon on March 11 in West Palm Beach. Aikens, one of the original Food Network chefs, is now a cookbook author and motivational speaker at age 52. He has hosted four Food Network cooking shows, appeared regularly on ABC’s Read More…
Celebrity Chef Curtis Aikens at IKEA
Celebrity Chef Curtis Aikens at IKEA – March 19 Submitted by News10 Web Staff Tuesday, March 15th, 7:23 pm Topics: Events 0 0 PrintE-mail Together with Food University and Family Circle magazine, IKEA West Sacramento will give you the inspiration and basic know-how to utilize your kitchen like a pro, from organization and cooking techniques to entertaining with style! Join Curtis Aikens as he hosts a Food University Cooking Demonstration, presented by Family Circle, at the IKEA in West Sacramento. Saturday, March 19 2:00pm – 4:00pm IKEA West Sacramento www.myfoodu.com
Curtis Aikens on Charlotte Today
APR 29 The Royal Wedding, NFL Draft, and Curtis Aikens on Charlotte Today Posted by: admin / Tags: champagne, Curtis Aikens, dijon, food university, IKEA, pasta, sauce Don’t just call him a chef, Curtis Aikens is an entertainer. He discusses the Royal Wedding and the NFL draft on Charlotte Today while he whips up his champagne dijon pasta sauce, yum! Click here to watch the video (look for the kiss at the end), and click here for the champagne dijon pasta sauce recipe. Stop by the IKEA in Charlotte tomorrow from 2 – 4 p.m. to see Curtis Aikens give a cooking demonstration and learn culinary tips you can use in your kitchen.
Details Leaked About Food U Appearance This Weekend
29 APR The Royal Wedding, NFL Draft, and Curtis Aikens on Charlotte Today Posted by: admin / Tags: champagne, Curtis Aikens, dijon, food university, IKEA, pasta, sauce Don’t just call him a chef, Curtis Aikens is an entertainer. He discusses the Royal Wedding and the NFL draft on Charlotte Today while he whips up his champagne dijon pasta sauce, yum! Click here to watch the video (look for the kiss at the end), and click here for the champagne dijon pasta sauce recipe. Stop by the IKEA in Charlotte tomorrow from 2 – 4 p.m. to see Curtis Aikens give a cooking demonstration and learn culinary tips you can use in your kitchen. 27 APR Details Leaking About Food U Appearance This Weekend Posted by: admin / Tags: cooking, cooking demonstration, Curtis Aikens, Family Circle, food university, free, IKEA, kitchen An article in today’s Charlotte Observer reveals the topics Food University Read More…
Details Leaked About Food U Appearance This Weekend
29 APR The Royal Wedding, NFL Draft, and Curtis Aikens on Charlotte Today Posted by: admin / Tags: champagne, Curtis Aikens, dijon, food university, IKEA, pasta, sauce Don’t just call him a chef, Curtis Aikens is an entertainer. He discusses the Royal Wedding and the NFL draft on Charlotte Today while he whips up his champagne dijon pasta sauce, yum! Click here to watch the video (look for the kiss at the end), and click here for the champagne dijon pasta sauce recipe. Stop by the IKEA in Charlotte tomorrow from 2 – 4 p.m. to see Curtis Aikens give a cooking demonstration and learn culinary tips you can use in your kitchen. 27 APR Details Leaking About Food U Appearance This Weekend Posted by: admin / Tags: cooking, cooking demonstration, Curtis Aikens, Family Circle, food university, free, IKEA, kitchen An article in today’s Charlotte Observer reveals the topics Food University Read More…
Chef Curtis Aikens Speaks at Literacy Coalition Lunch Friday
Chef Curtis Aikens will probably read from a prepared speech. Consider it a serious accomplishment that is meant to inspire, as Aikens, 56, speaks Friday at the annual Love of Literacy Luncheon at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Aikens is a celebrity chef, well known to TV audiences of the Food Network, Good Morning America, Oprah and Entertainment Tonight. He’s a college grad who learned to read at age 26 – after starting his own produce business. He’s written four books, still appears on TV and now travels and speaks to literacy groups and to student chefs to inspire them to greater things. I spoke with Aikens by phone. Jan Norris: You learned to read after graduating high school as an adult. What prompted you to learn after getting along well enough to own your own business? Curtis Aikens: I was watching TV one night and saw this Read More…
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