About a year ago, the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University became the 20th Campus Kitchen to take underutilized resources and drive hunger relief.

With nearly 7000 pounds of food recovered, inching closer to 2000 meals served, the Campus Kitchen recently celebrated its one year birthday.

“We are such a food orientated organization, so we decided to celebrate the big day by doing what we do best … eating!”  says Chandni Mahtani, Campus Kitchen leadership team member.

Student Leaders Celebrate their One Year Anniversary

The Campus Kitchen hosted an outdoor, dairy-free cook off to raise funds from teams wishing to test their culinary prowess. The Campus Kitchen team also used the day to mark the one year milestone since opening, and recognize hard work well done.

Student organizers got some distinguished guests to attend; the cook off was judged by Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels, Chef Michael Gueiss, and Director of Dining Programs David Furhman.

The Judges Enjoy Matzoh Ball Soup

While the judges received the first helpings, everyone at the event filled up on veggie burgers and munched on Aramark donated food while catching up on just how far the Campus Kitchen came in one year.

What did the cook off winners send to the judges table? They served their distinguished guests matzoh ball soup and an avocado and chocolate cake to take home the prize.

The winning avacado chocolate cake

Says Mahtani, “The two dishes were incredibly tasty and got two thumbs up from all three judges. The cooks of these dishes, Aliyah Sanders and Margaret Xu won $25 gift certificates.”

All the proceeds from people registering foods and coming to the cook-off went to JHU Haiti Aid, with a total of $130 which will go straight to Haitian reconstruction efforts.

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