Bon Appetit LIVE! Review, by Marcus Holt and Brad Johnson

 

Here's Marcus and Brad, this week's guest authors, and their friend Bonnie at EP!C's Bon Appétit LIVE! event last Thursday, March 20!

 

Marcus and I were asked if we could write a review of EP!C’s Bon Appétit event that was held at the Embassy Suites Thursday night- We both agree this year’s Bon Appétit gets 2 thumbs way up.  This was Marcus’ second straight year attending Bon Appétit and he always likes to get dressed up in his super suave suit and tie for the event, putting nearly everyone else to shame with his awesome style.  Marcus says the food was delicious and he got really full.

 

We saw a ton of our friends out there too- off the tops of our heads we remember seeing our friends Angie B., Mike A., Mike C., Marsha, Rosalie, Rhoda, Will, Doris, Eric, Milly, Jim, Kim, Robin, Jane, Amy, Cindy, Deb, Rachel, Tammy, Joan, Heidi, Dominique, Matthew, Bev, Robert, James, Stephanie, Bonnie and Shawn (who Marcus negotiated an agreement with to join us on our EP!C radio show next month :) and even a couple of the students from Dr. Celia Johnson’s Education class at Bradley University who come to EP!C to do some field hours and work with our individuals!  I'm sure there were some others we are forgetting now, but we saw a whole bunch of our friends and enjoyed meeting some new friends from the community as well.  

 

Marcus enjoyed seeing celebrity chef Christine Ha, the winner of TV’s “Master Chef”, give everybody a cooking demonstration on stage.  When I explained to him that Chef Christine is vision impaired and is still able to cook her awesome recipes by feeling her way around the kitchen and stuff, he thought that was really cool.  We got to see how Chef Christine prepared the fancy dessert we had with the dinner and then Chef Christine answered some questions from the audience after her demonstration.  Marcus gave everybody a big smile when he raised his hand and got on the microphone and said “Christine, I have one question- are you trying to make us all get fat?!” J  When the food was served Marcus happily cleaned his entire plate.

 

He also enjoyed seeing the videos of our friend Dominique at Bremer Jeweler helping choose the design for the custom-made pendant that was raffled off and the video montage from the local chef contest.  By the end of the night Marcus had a full stomach and was getting tired, but had a great time and says he would definitely love to go again next year.  Bon Appétit really was a great event, its so cool for everybody from EP!C and for all the people from the community who get to come and have a great time, eat some great food and help raise some money for a great organization!