Chef Surbaugh preparing his delicious olive oil cake
— by Madie Murray —
The public school cafeteria was packed and literally overflowing with 352 students and adults enjoying a delicious lunch at school on Thursday when Celebrity Chef Madden Surbaugh of New Leaf Cafe at the Outlook Inn helped prepare and serve alongside our cafeteria staff.
The Farm to Cafeteria FaceBook page received comments shortly after the event from kids and parents alike such as: “Lunch was wonderful” and “I’m tellin’ ya, Riley eats better than I do!” which was typical of comments heard all during lunch.
Brown Bear Baking in Eastsound provided the home-made Italian garlic bread which was scarfed up along with fresh hand-made Gnocchi, Italian roasted cauliflower, Caesar salad and olive oil cake made by Madden and staff. Hard working F2C volunteers peeled and mashed 75 pounds of potatoes a day prior to the event in preparation for the big day and also helped serve the day of.
The previous record of 325 was established by Charles Dalton of The Kitchen last year. Charles will have another chance to regain the reign when he is our Celebrity Chef again in January, so stay tuned…this could become a dueling chef event!
The Celebrity Chef events are sponsored by the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program in cooperation with the Orcas Island School District.
Help keep this amazing event and the Farm to Cafeteria Program going by contributing to the “Edible Eats and Education” fundraiser at indiegogo.com/projects/edible-eats-and-education/x/4414053 There are only 15 days left to reach its goal in order to get matching dollars!
