To Taste Culinary Nutrition
Austin Dames Supporting Women in Business Grant: $5,000
Founded by chefs and registered dietitians Lindsey Schoenfeld and Vahista Ussery, To Taste Culinary Nutrition combines nutrition education and hands-on culinary arts instruction for better health. Grant funds allow the chefs to support Austin nonprofit, Saint Louise House, which provides stable housing to mothers and their children who are experiencing homelessness, with cooking and nutrition classes to prepare for independent living. The classes uniquely fuse virtual and live formats to not only demonstrate recipes but provide lifelong culinary education, proper kitchen equipment, and the experience of family meals cooked together.
In addition to enabling the purchase of the technology needed to record educational sessions, the grant will buy kitchen equipment for Saint Louise House’s apartments, ensuring the sustainability of the program for years to come.