Spencer Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser
We are still ironing out some of the final details of the fundraiser. Please continue to check here and as soon as the
final planning is done, the press release with all the details of the event will be posted here first.
Darren McGrady, who was a senior chef to the Royal Family at
Buckingham Palace for 11 years and then personal chef to
Princess Diana for four years until her tragic accident, has helped us set up a fundraising event for the
Spencer Taylor Memorial Scholarship. Darren was also
recently awarded Lone Star Culinary Chef 2008 from Savor Dallas. Here are the details of the event.
Darren and 5 other celebrity chefs will prepare a 6 course gourmet meal for
50 people. We would have the event at the Culinary School at
Market Street. There will be an initial
reception for about an hour where the chefs would prepare and serve canapés and sample some fine wines. This would be
held in the upstairs dining room outside the culinary school, tickets for the reception only will be $30.00 and
all attendees would have
the opportunity to meet and visit with the chefs. We are honored to have the McKinney North Jazz Band providing
entertainment for the reception and in between courses for the meal.
After the reception, folks who purchased tickets for the reception as well as the 6 course gourmet meal tasting would
then move into the Culinary School. Tickets for the entire evening will be $150.00, only 48 will be sold, and
the 2 prime front row seats will be raffled off in the weeks leading up to the event. Gary Cogill, host of
Good Morning Texas, has agreed to emcee the event. The night will unfold with
each chef spending about
20 minutes demonstrating the preparation of his course and then serving a sample to each attendee. The courses will
be appetizer, salad, soup, fish, meat, and dessert. While each chef is preparing their portion, the other 5 chefs will
be either helping or, more likely, heckling the chef that is working. Each attendee will taste all of the courses along with a nice
wine pairing for each and at the end will receive a goodie bag with some gifts and a copy of each of the recipes prepared
that evening. There will also be some silent auction items available for bidding during the reception.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 initially, as that will provide enough of an endowment to fund a scholarship in perpetuity.
The scholarship would always go to a McKinney North Band Student,
and as the endowment grows
as more funds are raised (we are hoping this will become an annual event), the amount of the scholarship will be
increased or the funded amount for that year will be broken up into multiple scholarships. That will be up to the
McKinney North Band Board.
When:
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Reception 5:00pm-6:00pm
Dinner 6:00pm-8:30pm
Where:
Market Street Culinary School
6100 Eldorado Pkwy
McKinney, Texas
Cost:
Reception Only
$30.00 per person
Reception and Dinner
$150.00 per person
To Purchase Tickets
Contact Ruth Thompson at Market Street Culinary School 972-548-5140
To Make a Donation
Go to www.spencerswebpage.com and click on the Scholarship link
All proceeds go to The Spencer Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund
If you have any questions, contact Gary Taylor at (972) 548-5140
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