A chance meeting with an unusual chef has resulted in a plan for a three-day food event in the Battlefords organized by a John Paul II Collegiate teacher.
The chef is a raw food chef named Chris Kendall. Teacher Rhea Good met him at a dinner party she attended in Saskatoon.
"He did the food prep and we sat around the kitchen island, entertained by his story-telling, nutritional information and the resulting conversation," says Good. "
“We have kept in touch after that dinner party and we made a plan for him to come to North Battleford for three days, Sept. 30, Oct, 1 and 2."
Kendall will be the guest chef for a Raw Food Dinner hosted at Blend Wednesday, Sept. 30. (Ticket sales for the event will serve as the fundraiser to make it all happen. Contact Blend at 306-937-0000 to see if there are any tickets left.)
Thursday, Oct. 1 and Friday Oct. 2, he will be hosted by John Paul II Collegiate serving as a guest lecturer and yoga instructor in home economics and physical education classes.
What sets him apart from traditional chefs, says Good, is that he doesn't "cook." All his recipes are for serving food in its natural raw state.
Kendall is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, 100 per cent raw and transitional lifestyle coach, Kendalini Yoga creator and raw food chef. He shares his passion for what he does through running retreats, lecturing at festivals, singing raw parody songs, nutrition consultation services, ebooks, his new free raw recipes app and his budding vision the TRA Dream, a non-profit charity focused on creating donation-based holistic healing, yoga, permaculture, educational retreat centres around the world.
Good says his raw recipe ebooks and free raw recipes app are considered to be some of the best in the raw world and he is often brought in as the head chef at international festivals. Paying it forward Chris offers all of his ebooks and services on a “by donation” basis.
The former amateur skateboarder's own nutritional journey is an interesting tale, says Good, influenced by his own health problems, reading a few key books, and meeting Dr. Douglas Graham, a raw foodist.
"His resume includes serving as a speaker, head chef, and yoga teacher at four international food festivals. He has also led eight raw food retreats at international locations. His user-friendly website, www.therawadvantage.com, is a welcoming source of information and instructional videos to expand anyone’s food prep repertoire," says Good.
When he's not elsewhere in the world, his home base is in Saskatoon and his grandmother lives in North Battleford.
