BISTRO!

It's a gourmet lunch. It's a party. It's a celebration of learning valuable culinary skills. It's BISTRO!.

The Culinary School BISTRO! is held roughly every other Thursday at 1 p.m. while classes are in session. The dates of upcoming BISTRO!s are below.

Preparations for BISTRO! begin many days in advance as students learn culinary skills through preparing foods that will be served at BISTRO! In making everything from simple salads to complex sauces, students learn how to cook, how to present food appealing to the eye, how to make the most of the available food ingredients, how to organize a big event, how to work as a team.

At midmorning of the day of a BISTRO!, there's a high level of excitement in the air as the last Friendship Trays meals are completed.

Students quickly roll away to storage the food prep carts and other equipment used to prepare Friendship Trays. They clean the entire kitchen, then reorganize it for one huge buffet. Food prepared earlier comes out, tables are prepared for guests, then it's BISTRO! time.

The crowd is welcomed by Chef Ron or another staff member. Students are then introduced and the students explain what they are serving and a bit about how it was prepared.

Then the line forms, guests are served, and the eating begins all over the kitchen and adjoining rooms of the Friendship Trays building at 2401-A Distribution Street in South End, Charlotte.

BISTRO! is free to guests, but donations are collected to support the Culinary School's operations.

 

 

 

RECENT AND UPCOMING BISTRO! DATES ( Thursdays at 1 p.m. sharp)

   Click the links for coverage

 

2012

 

Feb. 2   Feb. 16   March 1   March 15   March 29   June 7   June 21  
July 12   July 26   Aug. 9   Oct. 4   Oct. 18   Nov. 1   Nov. 15   Nov. 29

 

2011

 

Nov. 17

Nov. 3 BISTRO! Buddy is Becky Herring - Realtor/Broker, ABR

Oct. 20

Oct. 6

July 28

July 14 BISTRO! Buddy an anonymous donor

June 30

June 16 BISTRO! Buddy an anonymous donor, in honor of McCreesh Place, Click icon at right for info.

June 2 Cancelled

April 7 Cancelled due to power outage

March 24

March 10

Feb. 24          BISTRO! Buddy: Anonymous

 

2010

 

Nov. 18

Nov. 4

Oct. 21

Oct. 7

July 29

July 15

June 17      BISTRO! Buddy: Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP

June 3

April 1

March 18

March 4

Feb. 18

Feb. 4

 

2009

 

Dec. 3

Nov. 19

Nov. 5

Oct. 22

Oct. 8

July 30

July 16

June 18

June 4

April 2

March 19

March 5

Feb. 19

Feb. 5

 

 

2008

Nov. 6

Oct. 23

Oct. 9

July 24

July 10

June 26

June 12

May 29

April 10

March 27

March 13

Feb. 28

Feb. 14 Valentine's Day

 

 

 

 

BISTRO! began many years ago as a learning experience for Culinary School students. We're collecting pictures of BISTRO!s on separate pages listed below. If you have pictures to add to this collection, e-mail Chef Ron about what you have.

As we have pages of pictures for earlier BISTRO! events, we'll provide links below.

 

Jan. 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 28, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb. 8, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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