Highway To Health This weekend, Chef JJ and our kids cooking show cast participated in the HealthCorps' Highway To Health Festival at South Street Seaport @ Pier 17. The festival was a free event open to the public of all ages to celebrate the variety of resources in their neighborhood to help them lead a healthier lifestyle. The event included health screenings, fitness experts and workouts, cooking and nutrition tips, and lifestyle tips with live entertainment and Guest speakers.
Custom Chef Coats by Crooked Brook Thanks to the warm reception of Helena Judd, the festival's Associate Producer, we were able to promote our new Play Pretty, Play Pals Project and Kids Love Cooking with Chef JJ merchandise to help spread the Let’s Move! message to fight childhood obesity through fun and flavorful activities around balanced food choices.
Chain Reaction Spinning One of the many fun activities Chef JJ and our "behind the scenes" reporters & crew got to participate in was the Jack Rabbit Sports and New York Sports Clubs sponsored "Chain Reaction Spinning" event to promote fitness and wellness through cycling.
The Kids Love Cooking with Chef JJ cast members (with the exception of Morgan) were under 14 so they couldn't actually ride the cardio bikes, but we thought they'd make good 1-on-1 motivators for Chef JJ, Morgan, and our 2 young crew members. How fast can you ride for 10 minutes without stopping?
Please Applaud To Show Your Support We even created signage for the Teen Battle Chefs showdown main event to encourage the crowd to show some love for all the NYC coordinators, students, judges, vendors, and sponsors like VuMee who helped make the free event possible.
The dark shades were actually provided to Chef JJ by HealthCorps during registration, but our young "star" cast member (Jelani) insisted that he'd be a better representative to sport the glasses.
“Stirring Up Change.” The highlight of the festival event was the Teen Battle Chef Showdown hosted by Chef JJ of Kids Love Cooking with Chef JJ. Our kids got to participate in a press presentation with Dr. Oz, celebrity judges Chef George Duran & Chef Denisse Oller, star student judge Elizabeth “Liz” Cordero Hernandez of Edward A. Reynolds Westside High School, and the ten (10) Teen Battle Chef students from various NYC high schools like Kurt Hahn, Aviation, George Washington, West Side, University Heights, and South Shore.
Let's Move! To End Childhood Obesity Dr. Mehmet Oz, the HealthCorps Co-Founder and daytime Emmy-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show, was more than willing to mingle with the crowd to show his sincere appreciation and passion with the fans. Our mission is to help fight childhood obesity in America. Hopefully, we'll be able to bring Chef JJ and Dr. Oz together again in future episodes. To be continued... :-)
