Masterclass Chef Event Featuring SpringHouse’s Executive Chef Pete McKenny

Learn from Chef Pete McKenny, Executive Chef/General Manager of acclaimed SpringHouse. In a hands-on culinary class, Chef McKenny will share recipes and techniques to producing two types of sophisticated and delicious strudel dishes. Guests will sit down to enjoy the food that they have prepared while enjoying a paired wine.

Menu
Mushroom Strudel with a Cambazola Fondue and Truffle Oil
Mixed Vegetable Strudel with a Sweet, Smoky and Spicy Tomato Gastrique

Talent:
Chef Pete McKenny, Executive Chef/General Manager of acclaimed SpringHouse

Pete McKenny has been cooking professionally for over 25 years, reaching the corners of America. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, he took culinary arts as his ticket to explore. Working in some of the top-rated restaurants across the country, Ohio was the start. He worked at a French, 4-star-rated restaurant that ended up taking him to Portugal to a Michelin 2-star resort for a summer externship.

Once he returned to the States, he took his first out-of-state job here at Lake Martin at Willow Point Golf & Country Club where he worked for just over two years. There, he started to perfect his culinary style. After Alabama, Chef Pete took to the road and headed west to Washington state. There, he worked at a mountaintop resort, Sun Mountain Lodge, where he oversaw the AAA 4-Diamond dining room menu as the Executive Sous Chef and then took over as Executive Chef.

Wine Tastings

The Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management invites the community to an evening of tasting exquisite wines from around the world Featuring Dr. David Martin, Associate Professor and Sommelier. Come with your friends, your significant other or on your own and enjoy the benefits of having the Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center in our community! Guests must be 21 or older and show proof of ID.

  • Wine Pairing Methodology
  Ever wonder what wine you should serve with a certain dish? In this wine tasting class, guests will learn the methodology behind pairing wines with food and how to balance flavors well.

  • Wine Tasting 101
  In Wine Tasting 101, guests will learn the fundamentals of tasting wine, what to look for and general knowledge about wine and its production. This class will be great for beginners… and all connoisseurs!

  • Tasting Wines of Bordeaux
  Learn about the Bordeaux region of France and what differentiates its wine. Taste and learn with Dr. Martin!

Teen Culinary Boot Camp

If you love to cook or bake, this is the class for you! This is a three-day camp in which teens will learn basic culinary and baking skills. In every class, students will prepare and eat a morning snack and lunch.
In this hands-on course inside the Rane Culinary Science Center, teens will learn fundamentals of baking and how to make food that’s better than takeout! They will develop basic culinary skills including:

• Knife skills
• Basic cooking methods – steaming, pan frying, dry cooking, combination cooking, etc.
• Egg cookery
• Sauces – basic sauces, mother sauces
• Baking
• Safety and sanitation
• Calculating weights and measures
• Identifying utensils and equipment
• Tasting while cooking

About the Speaker
Chef Ana Plana, BA, ME, is a lecturer at Auburn University in the Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management. She has extensive experience in culinary instruction and a background in catering. Chef Plana has had the honor of being selected to attend the James Beard Chef Action Summit.