September Guest Chef Dinner, Featuring Carleen King

Chef Carleen King is known for her previous local restaurant, "Camri Soul Food." Although the business sadly closed a few months ago, Carleen has now started working at CKP as a culinary instructor, as well as continuing Carmi as a catering business. We are also excited for her to be Guest Chef for the month of September. Carleen specializes in soul food and will be cooking up an upscale soul food menu for those who want to join us for the wonderful evening. As with all Community Kitchen Pittsburgh Guest Chef Dinners, proceeds directly support our culinary jobs training program, creating pathways to employment and opportunity through food. Come for the food. Stay for the community. We hope you'll leave with a memorable meal, new connections, and the satisfaction of knowing your seat at the table helped strengthen our community. This event will take place at our facility in Hazelwood on Thursday, September 17, beginning at 5:30 p.m. WHAT'S INCLUDED Multi-course dinner prepared by Chef Carleen King One complimentary beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) MENU* First Course: Creamy Chicken & Drop Dumpling Soup Second Course: Low Country Seafood Pasta Salad Entree: Gouda Grits with Blackened Salmon Dessert: Banana Dream Parfait Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions that need to be considered. A LITTLE ABOUT CHEF CARLEEN KING A Pittsburgh native, Carleen King is a Chef Instructor here at CKP and Owner of Carmis Catering. She specializes in making soul food from cherished family recipes. After graduating from Point Park University with a master's in business administration, Carleen opened her catering business with her then-business partner. From that venture came the Love South Side restaurant Carmi. After many years of serving up meals to the community, Carmi’s has closed, but is still available for catering orders. Known for her traditional soul food menu and commitment to quality, Carleen has been featured in Pittsburgh Magazine