Nourishing NYC's CEO, Chef Gina Keatley, to Appear on Food Network this Summer

NEW YORK, NY, June 25, 2011 (Press-News.org) Nourishing NYC Founder, Gina Keatley will be competing against two other award winning chefs to the death for $10,000.00 ( she plans to donate half to Nourishing NYC if she wins. The funds will be used for the Junior Chef Program. An underprivileged children's culinary and nutrition program.) OK, it is not to the Death but it's really competitive. Watch Gina on the Mexican Showdown episode of Extreme Chef as she uses live mealworms, crickets and scorpions to make a dish in only 25 minutes. Then, the chefs must travel to the edge of town to fetch materials for their next dish, but must use a donkey as transportation. With twists including using a habañero pepper as a spicy ingredient, gathering materials from sixty swinging piñatas and making homemade tortillas, the three chefs battle to create dishes celebrating the culture and people of Mexico. After one competitor is eliminated, the two remaining chefs must prepare a perfect single bite using four ingredients native to Mexico. After searching through pots to find their ingredients, the chefs must remain focused as a local mariachi band plays raucously in the background. Only one chef can avoid the distraction to master the perfect bite and garner the title Extreme Chef.Chefs: Jason "J" Harley, Owner/Chef, PICI Enoteca (Los Angeles); Gina Keatley, Founder, Nourishing NYC (New York City); Amadeus, Private Chef (Seattle).

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Nourishing NYC's mission is to alleviate the strong correlation between low-income status and poor dietary health. Nourishing NYC provides nutritious meals and nutritional educational without question and without criticism. Anyone is welcome regardless of age, sex, race, financial qualifications, or religious beliefs. Nourishing NYC was opened in 2008 to address deprived nutrition, poor health and hunger—large issues facing poverty-stricken communities in New York City. At Nourishing NYC, we strive to achieve the mission of "Nutrition for All" through a three-pronged approach of feed, educate and advocate.

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