Live Cooking Demonstration and Tasting with Los Angeles-based  

By Marva Sneed

Chef Gabrielle McBay at Aunt Bette’s Community Food Pantry 

Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry at St. Philip’s School and Community Center is hosting Cookin’ with Aunt Bette. This live event will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry, named in honor of Bette Perot, a fierce advocate for hunger relief. The pantry is located at 1502 Pennsylvania Avenue, adjacent to St. Philip’s campus.   

The second iteration of this biennial event will include presentations from key ambassadors and stakeholders of Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry; an unveiling of its expansion plans; and a live cooking demonstration and tasting led by Los Angeles-based Chef Gabrielle McBay, an alumnae of St. Philip’s. Special guests Katherine Perot-Reeves of the Perot family and Erica Yeager, Chief External Affairs Officer of North Texas Food Bank are expected to be in attendance

Aunt Bette’s currently serves over 850 South Dallas households. All clients in attendance and in the week following will receive recipe cards for the dishes served at the tasting, the chefs’ selected food items, and Aunt Bette’s reusable tote.