Here’s a challenge. Be a full time student in high school carrying a full schedule, most likely working a part-time job, helping out at home, and managing to prepare, host and serve a weekly gourmet dinner for 70 people. Could you do it?
Meeting that challenge is what students in the Culinary Arts program of the Shawnee Mission School District do practically every week throughout the school year. They run a restaurant called Broadmoor Bistro that is open most Wednesday evenings and serves a multi-course gourmet menu. The Bistro is the experiential component of their culinary education; perhaps the most critical part, and diners unanimously declare it to be the most delicious as well.
The amazing menus, excellently prepared and well served are what draw guests from all over the metro to these Bistro suppers. Students help craft the seasonal menus that include amazing appetizers, soups, salads and desserts as well as the entrees. Currently it features items such as Apple Wood Smoked Duck Breast, a Lobster Trinity Etouffee, and a Pesto Salmon Roulade among the entrees.
Students take turns sweating over the stoves and ovens, painstakingly plating each item with artistic precision, and cheerfully serving each guest with a depth of knowledge that might put experienced servers in 5 star restaurants to shame.
Chef Bob Brassard, the culinary director and driving force behind this experiential program, is ably assisted by Culinary Institute of America grad Justin Hoffman. Together they are shaping the next generation of talent in the restaurant industry & carefully preparing them with real world experience for advanced education and careers in food & hospitality. The results – well make a reservation and taste for yourself!
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Broadmoor Bistro
6701 West 83rd Street
Overland Park, KS 66204
www.broadmoorbistro.org
The KC Originals support many
Bistro programs including the
Chef Mentor Dinner Series
to raise scholarship funds.
