16 • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Event Brings Together Parents, Grads for Fun Night of Food, Fundraising
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uests at the Oct. 15 Food 101 fundraiser hosted by Indian Springs School experienced fine dining and five-star treatment. The event raised more than $55,000 for the school’s financial aid program and other initiatives. The ISS Parents Association organized and hosted Food 101. Guests enjoyed drinks as well as heavy hors d’oeuvres provided by Brick & Tin, Chez Lulu, Dyron’s Lowcountry, Flip Burger Boutique, GianMarco’s Restaurant, Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-BQ, Max’s Delicatessen and the ISS Dining Hall. The Birmingham Heritage Band provided music in an outdoor setting by the ISS lake. Next was a schoolwide meeting that featured the first-ever Parent Iron Chef Competition, pitting parents from each grade against each other in a contest judged by area chefs and alumni. In a competition using secret ingredients from the school’s organic garden, eighth grade parent chef Marie Baxley and parent sous chef Tom Barr won with their dish, “Tuna Gareth Vaughan,” named for the school’s director. The school’s John Badham Theater was transformed into Kitchen Stadium for the competition, judged by Randall photos at Baldwin of Dyron’s Lowcountry, Scott Bourgeois and Ron Stewart of Flip Burger Boutique, ISS alumni Carole Griffin of Continental Bakery/ Chez Lulu, and Michael McCullers, writer and director of “Baby Mama” and other feature films. Other parent chefs and sous chefs were Lisa Balazs, Teresa Chacana, Christine Copeland, Carole Mazer, Bob Pollard, alumnus Joe Simonetti, Stephanie Thomas and Missy Waddell. The more than 150 guests took two foodrelated classes offered by Stewart and Griffin as well as faculty members Bob Cooper, Tanya Hyatt, Kelly Jacobs, Melody Machen, Maria Martinez, Magalie Minaud, David Noone, Bob Pollard and Douglas Ray. The evening ended with desserts by Café de Paris, Continental Bakery and the ISS Dining Hall as well as a chance to bid on silent auction items such as vacation homes, artwork and restaurant gift certificates. Guests could also purchase items needed by students and faculty that were listed on the Food 101 “Smorgas(White)Board.” During the silent auction, the event offered an “after-school elective” featuring alumnus Edwin Marty, executive director of the Hampstead Institute in Montgomery and former executive director of Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham. He showed a brief video based on his upcoming book, “Breaking through Concrete.” This is the third installment of the school’s “101” fundraisers, which began in 2009 with a Wine 101 event and continued with last year’s Film 101. The events benefit the ISS Annual Fund, which supports need-based scholarships, student activities, faculty salaries and updates to campus facilities. In addition to North, the Food 101 Committee included Jeanette Brockington, Susan Cutler, Lucia Delchamps, Rebecca Garity DePalma, Andy Driggers, Beverly Marson, Sharon Putman, LeeAnn Ramey, Holly Ellis Whatley and ISS staff members Wendy Bowman, Kathryn D’Arcy, Melanie Kieve and Beth Mulvey. ❖
ISS alumnus and film writer/director Michael McCullers, center, was one of the judges for the cooking competition at Food 101. With him are his wife, Sidney, and ISS math teacher Mike Lantrip.
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Left: ISS parent and alumna Caroline Clark, left, and parents Brad Goodman and Kathryn Barr were among guests getting a taste of Food 101. Right: Springs graduate and Flip Burger silent partner Ron Stewart, center, along with Flip Burger’s Scott Bourgeois and Trina Heglar also participated in Food 101. Springs French Teacher Magalie Minaud, far left, shares food during her Food 101 class with parent-students including ISS parent and alumnus Scott Pulliam, center, front, alumnus and board member John Simmons, far right, and Simmons’ wife, Rene, second from right.