Jeff's Kitchen
“At Hayground, the 3 Rs can sometimes stand for recipe, roast and roux, since one of our most innovative features is Jeff’s Kitchen,” explains Lukas Weinstein, the school’s administrative coordinator. Says Nick & Toni’s Toni Ross, who was also the late Salaway’s wife, “Jeff believed that the growing, preparation and sharing of food is a
primal human experience and the foundation of family and community.” The state-of-the-art kitchen/classroom supported by a science lab, garden and greenhouse, was being planned by Salaway just prior to his tragic death in 2001.
Thanks to the first Great Chefs Dinner, organized in 2003 by event founder Lizz Salaway, (Jeff’s sister), several of his culinary celebrity friends and many volunteers, more than $300,000 was raised to make the free- standing building on the sprawling Hayground campus a reality.Jeff’s Kitchen is a professional grade kitchen and classroom fitted with top-of-the-line Viking appliances; classes in nutrition, food science and cooking are held there for both children and adults. Completing the facility, recently a professional Farmtek greenhouse was erected by Hayground students, staff and friends. Previously, in an equally meaningful tribute, The Jeff Salaway Scholarship
Fund was established in 2001 by Jeff’s friends and colleagues to make Hayground School even more readily available to the diverse spectrum of East End children. To date, $700,000 has been raised to support Jeff’s Kitchen and to provide tuition for numerous students.
The Jeff Salaway Scholarship is supported by generous donations from The Great Chefs Dinner.
For information about sponorships and tickets for The Great Chef's Dinner
please go www.greatchefsdinner.com or please contact our event coordinator Donna Imbarrato at greatchefsdinner@gmail.com or by phone 631.327.0573
primal human experience and the foundation of family and community.” The state-of-the-art kitchen/classroom supported by a science lab, garden and greenhouse, was being planned by Salaway just prior to his tragic death in 2001.
Thanks to the first Great Chefs Dinner, organized in 2003 by event founder Lizz Salaway, (Jeff’s sister), several of his culinary celebrity friends and many volunteers, more than $300,000 was raised to make the free- standing building on the sprawling Hayground campus a reality.Jeff’s Kitchen is a professional grade kitchen and classroom fitted with top-of-the-line Viking appliances; classes in nutrition, food science and cooking are held there for both children and adults. Completing the facility, recently a professional Farmtek greenhouse was erected by Hayground students, staff and friends. Previously, in an equally meaningful tribute, The Jeff Salaway Scholarship
Fund was established in 2001 by Jeff’s friends and colleagues to make Hayground School even more readily available to the diverse spectrum of East End children. To date, $700,000 has been raised to support Jeff’s Kitchen and to provide tuition for numerous students.
The Jeff Salaway Scholarship is supported by generous donations from The Great Chefs Dinner.
For information about sponorships and tickets for The Great Chef's Dinner
please go www.greatchefsdinner.com or please contact our event coordinator Donna Imbarrato at greatchefsdinner@gmail.com or by phone 631.327.0573
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