Two Culinary Events For A Good Cause This November In NYC And LA

Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), an organization that provides culinary career opportunities and scholarships to at-risk high school students, is organizing two events for a good cause this November.

On Monday November 12, from 6:30-9:00 PM, C-CAP will be hosting A Taste Of Fall at Ginny's At Red Rooster in Harlem. Guests will participate in a walk-around tasting prepared by up-and-coming C-CAP graduate chefs who are working at top restaurants in New York.

Tickets are $150 per person, payable in advance. Click here for tickets.

For more information about A Taste of Fall, including sponsorship information, visit www.ccapinc.org.

Across the country, C-CAP will be hosting another event — Getting Our Just Desserts — on Saturday, November 17 at 2:00 to 5:00 p.m at the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles located in Santa Monica. Celebrity pastry chefs, confectioners, bakeries, coffee and tea purveyors and speciality vendors will be serving various desserts in celebration of those pursuing a career in the culinary world. The event will be headed by Sherry Yard, Executive Pastry Chef at Spago Beverly Hills.

VIP Tickets for early entry (1:00 to 5:00 p.m.) and access to all tastings, demonstrations and classes, and a gift bag are $100 per person payable in advance (or $120 at the door). General Admission tickets are $50 per person payable in advance ($75 per person payable at the door). Tickets are available here. Proceeds from both events will benefit C-CAP.

310 Lenox Avenue

Manhattan, NY

International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles

2900 31st Street

Santa Monica, CA 90405