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A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, Anne Gallagher is cofounder and coordinating chef of the nationally recognized coalition Plow to Plate. She
is also co-founder of the Youth Chefs Program, which has gained much popularity. They
have had the pleasure of being invited to MGM Grand Hotel in Detroit to cook under
some of the best chefs in the area, as well as appearing on the Kashi Sundance Channel
on the web, Grains of Change, and featured in numerous newspaper articles.
Chef Anne has also had the honor of being part of our First Lady’s Chefs Move to
Schools program where she attended the launch celebration on the White House lawn
along with 500 other chefs. Because of the program Chef Anne was asked by the food
service director of New Milford Schools to be a part of integrating better and healthier
foods into the lunch program.
Besides being very active in the organic and local food community, Chef Anne has
established a very successful catering business that promotes delicious and fresh seasonal
cuisine. She is also a part of the Fresh Advantage Team founded by her colleague
Marydale Debor and is currently teaching at Connecticut Mental Health Center. The
focus at the hospital is to empower clients of CMHC with knowledge of basic culinary
skills and financial guidance in order for them to have a healthy diet on a very limited
budget.
Chef Anne also teaches classes at the Silo Cooking School in New Milford, CT, Upstairs
Kitchen in Chester, Ct. and Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Northampton, MA. She is a
returning instructor for the After School Arts Program and has run after school programs
with the Burnham School in Bridgewater.