加州奥克兰博物馆欢迎厨师Michele McQueen加入Town Fare咖啡馆

加州奥克兰，2022年6月2日- 加州奥克兰博物馆(OMCA)很高兴欢迎曾在菲尔莫尔的Gussie's Chicken and Waffles和Apple Inc.工作的大厨Michele McQueen担任博物馆咖啡馆Town Fare的厨师和经理。Michele大厨计划在短暂关闭管理过渡期后，于6月29日重新开放Town Fare。新的菜单和其他计划将很快公布。有关信息，请访问museumca.org。

"我们很高兴欢迎Michele McQueen厨师加入OMCA，"OMCA董事兼首席执行官Lori Fogarty说。"她的非凡作品是艺术性、历史和烹饪科学的理想结合，与OMCA对加州艺术、文化和自然的关注相匹配。熟悉Michele厨师的食物的博物馆参观者将期待她的标志性风格，而那些将首次体验她的美食的人无疑将学会像我们一样渴望它！"

About Chef Michele McQueen
Born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in Oakland, Chef Michele brings the best of her East Coast roots and Bay Area upbringing to the heart and soul of her food. As a child she spent summers in the kitchen with her grandmother Gussie soaking up the history and tradition of making food from scratch with love. Her New Jersey roots introduced her to a wide variety of cuisines including Southern, Italian, and Jewish. On any given night in her household, you may enjoy delicious fried chicken, homemade potato latkes, or marinara sauce made from scratch. It is from these memories that her talent and passion thrived.

After graduating from Howard University with a degree in business, Chef Michele was headed to Law School to study corporate law. Her passion for food soon led her in a different direction. She went on to open multiple restaurants in Oakland before branching out on her own to start catering and open Gussie’s Chicken and Waffles in the Fillmore in San Francisco in the Fillmore District. Gussie’s quickly became a hot spot amongst San Francisco’s finest including Mayor London Breed, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and Danny Glover to name a few.

The news of Chef Michele’s culinary skills and ability to make people crave her masterful and refined take on Southern flavors spread quickly. She began catering for many celebrities such as Tyrese Gibson, Smokey Robinson, The Isley Brothers, Anita Baker, Gary Woodland, and Stephen and Ayesha Curry. She is a preferred caterer for The Paramount Theater, Bay Area Productions, and The Moxy Hotel. Her corporate catering list includes the likes of VCSO, Becton Healthcare Resources Inc., Black MBA Association, 360 TCPR, eBay, PayPal, The San Francisco Foundation, and more.

After closing her restaurant in San Francisco, Chef Michele was brought on at Apple Inc. in Silicon Valley to help develop and manage the Grab and Go program for over 25 of their corporate locations. She helped create recipes for everything from fresh salads, sandwiches, and snacks to individually packed “heat and eat” meals for their satellite locations.

Chef Michele was a guest chef on Grill It with Bobby Flay on Food Network. She was a contestant on Grocery Games with Guy Fieri on Food Network and The Taste on ABC with Anthony Bourdain and Marcus Samuelsson. She has been featured in many local news publications and was recently acknowledged by Ayesha Curry and One Million Black Women, an initiative of Goldman Sachs, for her contributions to fight food insecurity in Oakland and support the feeding efforts of World Central Kitchen and Eat Learn Play.

Chef Michele has always been an active member of the community. She was one of the original founders of Home of Chicken and Waffles where she facilitated a working relationship with Allied Fellowship Services to help bridge the gap between parolees and the workforce. It was through this program that she hired and trained over 50 recently paroled men in the city of Oakland. She is a member of Allen Temple Church where she donated weekly meals to their AIDS program for those who are shut-in and fighting that illness. She remains committed to the community, and her goal is to give opportunities to those who otherwise may not have them.

About Town Fare by Chef Michele McQueen

新的Town Fare将提供大厨Michele所说的 "文化舒适 "美食，菜单的灵感来自奥克兰的多样性。Michele大厨和员工使用新鲜食材从头开始准备大部分食物；他们对自己的工作感到自豪，并在工作中获得乐趣。与奥克兰博物馆一起，Michele大厨有许多想法为Town Fare带来关注，包括特别活动和社区合作。

关于加州奥克兰博物馆

加州奥克兰博物馆（OMCA）讲述了构成加州的许多故事，为人们之间更多的联系、信任和理解创造了空间和背景。通过其包容性的展览、公共项目、教育举措和文化活动，奥克兰博物馆将加州人聚集在一起，并激发对我们州的艺术、历史和自然环境对我们自己和彼此的启示的进一步理解。OMCA拥有超过190万件物品，将其多学科的艺术、历史和自然科学藏品与第一人称的叙述和通常不为人知的加利福尼亚的叙述结合起来，所有这些都在其11万平方英尺的画廊空间和7英亩的校园内。博物馆是湾区的一个领先的文化机构，也是研究和了解加州动态文化和环境遗产的资源，供来自该地区、该州和世界各地的游客参观。

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