THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, March 7, 1996 TAG: 9603060026
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F2 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: MORSELS
SOURCE: RUTH FANTASIA
LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
IT'S A man's world.
For the first time, the prize for the Pillsbury Bake-Off was $1 million. A million clams.
And it all went to a MAN.
Kurt Wait, a single father and self-taught cook from Redwood City, Calif., captured the judges' taste buds with his Macadamia Fudge Torte. But you can't blame sexism: All 12 judges were women. FEEDING THE FOODBANK
The Chef & The Child Dinner will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Virginia Beach Hotel & Conference Center. Proceeds benefit the Children's Milk Fund, a program of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. Tickets are $50, available at the Spirit of Norfolk offices, 100 W. Plume St., Norfolk, and Brewer's East Inn, 2484 N. Landing Road, Virginia Beach. For more information, call chairman Deanna Freridge at 496-3663.
The Taste of Hampton Roads will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Omni Waterside Hotel, Norfolk. Proceeds benefit the Foodbank. Tickets are $35, available at Decorum furniture in Norfolk and Southside branches of Virginia Beach Federal Savings Bank. by CNB