Pilot Light is making headlines! Check out the latest news and articles about our Food Education programs below:
Highlights:
DNO Produce's FRESHEALTH Partners With Pilot Light to Launch SnackTime Explorers Program; Alex DiNovo and Eileen Torpy Comment
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NBC Chicago Today: Pilot Light: Non-Profit Uses Cooking To Help Kids Make Better Food Choices
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- First Bites Bash Kicks Off Chicago Restaurant Week – Chicago Business (1.23.24)
- Chicago Chefs Team Up with Paul Kahan for Oyster Shuck Off – Chicago Food Magazine (2.1.24)
- HEC Academy students add nutriton education to their weekly schedule – Collaborative for Educational Services, Collaborative.org (9.23.23)
- Organizations Leading the Way to Healthier School Food in the USA – Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center (9.29.23)
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Why Food Education Should Be on the Menu in U.S. Schools – Medium.com Article by Shilpa Gadhok, See Good Strategy Group (5.8.23)
- Chicago Chefs Gather to Celebrate “The Breakfast Queen” – Chicago Defender (4.28.24)
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NBC Chicago Today: Pilot Light: Non-Profit Uses Cooking To Help Kids Make Better Food Choices – (Aired 1.31.23)
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NPR WBEZ’s Reset – New food education program encourages CPS students to be ‘SnackTime Explorers’– Broadcast Interview with Sasha-Ann Simmons & Pilot Light’s Eileen Torpy (Aired 2.16.23)
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Pilot Light chefs work with educators on food education – FarmWeekNow.com (1.21.23)
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Chicago Public Schools Selected for New SnackTime Explorers Toolkit, Bringing Food Education to the Classroom – PerishableNews.com (2.10.23)
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Chicago Public Schools selected for new ‘SnackTime Explorers’ program, bringing food education to classrooms – ThePacker.com (2.9.23)
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DNO Produce’s FRESHEALTH Partners With Pilot Light to Launch SnackTime Explorers Program; Alex DiNovo and Eileen Torpy Comment – Melissa De Leon Chavez, AndNowUKnow.com (2.10.23)
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Chicago public schools start produce passport program – Blue Book Services (2.13.23)
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Allegretti’s Super Bowl Twins Born In Chicago + SnackTime Explorers – Kaytlyn Mroz, Patch.com (2.13.23)
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Modern Luxury’s Charity & Social Datebook 2023: Matthias Merges & Pilot Light’s 2023 Feed Your Mind Gala – Modern Luxury Print Edition (March 2023)
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Legendary Chef Alice Waters Discusses Slow Food, Seasonal Eating and Reawakening Kids’ Senses at Exec Club of Chicago Event – Julie Chernoff, Better Chicago (3.13.23)
- Feed Your Passion presented by Edward Jones | Food Network
- Food Network Spotlights How a Chicago Chef Uses Food to Teach School Kids – Eater Chicago (08.03.22)
- 28 Organizations Transforming Chicago’s Food System – foodtank (08/22)
- Pilot Light: Collaborating with Educators To Teach Students About Food – USDA Blog (10.19.22)
- How Chef Matthias Merges Of Folkart Management and Pilot Light Is Helping To Promote Healthy Eating |by Martita Mestey | Authority Magazine | Jul, 2022 | Medium
- Local Food Forum: Pilot Light puts food in context for young eaters(4.28.22)
- “Partnerships for a Better Tomorrow” Urban School Food Alliance Blog (1.19.22)
- “Shucking Oysters for a Good Cause” feat. Paul Kahan WGN by Kristina Miller (1.26.22)
- “Free K-12 Resources to Help with Remote and Blended Learning in 2021” The Journal by Dian Schaffhauser (2.8.21)
- “Farm to Schools Projects Awarded USDA Funding in Illinois” Illinois Stewardship Alliance (8.12.21)
- “Announcing FOOD THOUGHTS – Videos from WTTW and Pilot Light for Kids and Families” Pilot Light and WTTW (Press release – 10.11.21)
- “#LoveLocal: Time Out Chicago Celebrates local shops, food, and culture” Time Out Chicago by Zach Long (11.3.21)
- “Free K-12 Resources to Help with Remote and Blended Learning in 2022” The Journal by Dian Schaffhauser (11.18.21)
- “Pilot Light Food Education Standards come to DC Classrooms through FoodPrints” FoodPrints Blog by Beth Bacon (12.3.21)
- “Pilot Light Launches First-Ever Free Online Library for K-12 Grade Food Education Lesson Plans” PRNewswire (Press release – 1.7.20)
- “Chicago’s 2020 James Beard Award Finalists” (feat. Jason Hammel) WTTW by Daniel Hautzinger (5.4.20)
- “Chicago’s By-Hospitality, For Hospitality Relief Fund” Chicago Magazine by Hannah Edgar (5.11.20)
- “The Chicago Reader presents Reader Recipes: Chicago Cooks and Drinks at Home” Chicago Reader (5.26.20)
- “14 Ways to Volunteer in Chicago for Every Kind of Person” Thrillist by Max Plenke (6.3.20)
- “Pilot Light – Shining a Light on Food Education” (feat. Executive Director Alex DeSorbo-Quinn and Food Education Support Manager Caitlin Arens) Big Schmear podcast by Beth Schenker (6.9.20)
- “Alexandra DeSorbo-Quinn: Helping to develop a healthy relationship with food!” Schnick Foundation podcast (8.10.20)
- “Pilot Light and Urban School Food Alliance Team Up for Food Education Initiative to Promote Good Health and Nutrition” Pilot Light and Urban School Food Alliance (Press release – 10.13.20)
- Michigan Ave Magazine Features FYM and Pilot Light Michigan Ave Magazine by Stephen Ostrowski (1.19)
- “Chicago’s 2019 James Beard Award Finalists” (feat. Jason Hammel) WTTW by Daniel Hautzinger (3.27.19)
- “Pilot Light Launches The Food Education Fellowship for K-12 Grade Teachers in Chicago” PRNewswire (Press release – 5.1.19)
- “Pilot Light Announces an Unmatched Culinary Experience for Seventh Annual Feed Your Mind Gala” PRNewswire (Press release- 7.17.19)
- “Logan Square’s 3rd Annual Cocktail Competition Will Pit Neighborhood Mixologists Against One Another” Block Club by Mina Bloom (8.5.19)
- “Hyde Park Students Want Chicago To Ban Styrofoam — And With Some Help From A Former Governor, City Hall Is Listening” Block Club Chicago by Maxwell Evans (8.22.19)
- “With Strong Harris Ties, Pilot Light Makes a Difference in Childhood Nutrition” University of Chicago Civic Engagement by Jessica Cabe (10.11.19)
- “Fostering Youth Education with Pilot Light” The Spice House blog (10.28.19)
- “5 things eat, drink, do this weekend” Chicago Tribune by Grace Wong (2.9.18)
- “Chicago Tribune Food Bowl celebrates Chicago’s Food Scene” Chicago Now by Carole Kuhrut Brewer (8.6.18)
- “Food for Kids: A chat with child nutritionists” FoodNavigator by Mary Ellen Shoup (9.7.18)
- “First-Ever National Food Education Standards for K-12 Education Put Higher Order Thinking on Classroom Menu” PR Newswire (Press release 9.12.18)
- “Chicago Scene: The “Verde” Bloody Mary and details on Chicago Gourmet’s Rise & Shine event” WGN by Kristina Miller (9.19.18)
- “Why Chicago chefs like Matthias Merges are working to make food education as important as reading and math” Chicago Tribune by Cindy Dampier (9.21.18)
- “Culinary director of Kitsune, one of 2017’s biggest openings, leaves to join cooking nonprofit” (feat. Culinary Director Justin Behlke) Chicago Tribune by Joseph Hernandez (5.17.17)
- “Lunchbreak: Fall Vegetable and Brown Rice Salad” (feat. featuring Culinary Director Justin Behlke) WGN Lunchbreak (recipe) (10.23.17)
- “Pilot Light works with CPS for food education and inspiration” (feat. Jason Hammel) ABC7 Chicago (10.28.17)
- “Dane Neal: Feed Your Mind With Pilot Light Chefs” (feat. Matthias Merges) WGN Radio with Bill Leff, Wendy Snyder, and Jasmine Cooper (11.1.17)
- “20 restaurants come together for charity bake sale” Chicago Tribune by Grace Wong (11.27.17)
- “Paul Kahan and Other Chicago Chefs Spark Pilot Light Program for Kids’ Food Education” Family Farmed by Bob Benenson (3.18.16)
- “Food for Your Stomach and Soul: 10 Food-Centric Philanthropies” Better by Gabrielle Tasiopoulos (3.28.16)
- “Dane Neal: The Pilot Light program” (feat. Executive Director Alex DeSorbo-Quinn) WGN Radio with Bill Leff and Wendy Synder (8.31.16)
- “Quick Talk: Food and Pilot Light with Jason Hammel” The Odyssey Online by Janae Ilorata (9.21.16)
- “Pilot Light is empowering children to have a better relationship with food” (feat. Jason Hammel and Matthias Merges) WGN Radio with Justin Kaufmann and Peter Zimmerman (10.6.16)
- “Welcome to Chicago, James Beard Foundation: 10 Delicious Facts About the Windy City” Huffington Post by Jim Slama and Bob Benenson (5.1.15)
- “Starting in the Classroom: A Chicago Advocacy Group Helps Kids Rethink Food” In These Times by Maya Welbel (8.7.15)
- “Lunchbreak: Rise and shine muffins from Hoosier Mama Pie Company & details on Chicago Gourmet’s Rise & Shine event” (feat. Paula Haney) WGN Lunchbreak (9.11.15)
- “Lucky CPS Kids Are Eating (Nutritious) Big Star Tacos for Lunch Today” DNAInfo by Janey Rausa Fuller (10.15.15)
- “Mercadito Counter’s Taco-Eating Challenge; Tickets For Pilot Light’s Next Event” Eater Chicago by Brett Hickman (9.15.14)
- “Pilot Light program arms kids with tools for better eating” (feat. Jason Hammmel and Matthias Merges) WBEZ Chicago (11.12.14)
- “Lunchbreak: Chefs Paul Kahan and Justin Large make barbecue carrots” (feat. Paul Kahan and Justin Large) WGN Lunchbreak (12.2.14)
- “Let’s Move’s Sam Kass Talks Pilot Light on MBEZ” WBEZ Chicago (12.8.14)
- “The Goop Guide to Volunteering” Goop
- “Check Please” WTTW (feat. Executive Director Alex DeSorbo-Quinn and Jason Hammel) with David Manilow