️ Momma's Table: Recipes & Roots – A Taste of The Cookout

Schedule

Sun Aug 16 2026 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

The Gaslight District | Cambridge, ON

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Experience live cooking, cultural storytelling, and chef tastings. Reserve your Tasting Pass and celebrate food, family, and community.
About this Event

Momma's Table: Recipes & Roots is an intimate culinary experience celebrating culture, tradition, and community through food.

Throughout the day, local chefs will prepare dishes inspired by their upbringing while sharing the memories, traditions, and cultural influences that shaped them. Guests won't just watch a cooking demonstration—they'll experience the stories behind every recipe.


Each presentation includes:

🍽️ Live cooking demonstrations

❤️ Personal storytelling

📖 Digital recipes to recreate the dishes at home


🍴 Exclusive Tasting Passes available for purchase, allowing guests to enjoy freshly prepared samples of each chef's featured dish. Quantities are limited, so we encourage purchasing your Tasting Passes in advance to guarantee your opportunity to taste these one-of-a-kind creations.

Hosted by Kween, Momma's Table creates a welcoming space where food becomes the bridge between generations and cultures.

Whether you're discovering a new favourite dish, reconnecting with your own traditions, or simply enjoying incredible local food, Momma's Table offers something for everyone.

Reserve your Tasting Passes and join us for an unforgettable celebration of food, family, and culture at The Cookout Experience.


Tasting Passes

  • 🍴 Single Tasting Pass — $5
  • 🍽️ Double Tasting Pass — $8
  • 🍛 Family Tasting Pass — $17


Chef D's: Menu TBD

Enjoy one freshly prepared tasting of Chef D's featured dish following his live cooking demonstration.

Each dish is inspired by Chef D's culinary journey and the traditions that have shaped his love for food. Your Tasting Pass includes one serving of his signature recipe while quantities last.


Chef Vanessa Simone's:

Experience one tasting of Chef Vanessa Simone's signature dish, freshly prepared following her live cooking presentation.

Chef Vanessa's demonstration celebrates Caribbean flavours, tradition, and family through food.

Each tasting includes:

  • Curry Chickpeas or Jerk Chicken (while supplies last)
  • Fried Plantain
  • Bakes (bun)
  • Rice


Limited portions available for both Chef Vanessa & Chef D.


Chef Rochelle Williams (KIDS)

Join Chef Rochelle Williams for a fun, interactive cookie decorating workshop designed especially for children and youth.

Participants will decorate cookies from Rochelle's Black Excellence Collection while learning decorating techniques and expressing their creativity.

Each registered participant receives:

🍪 Three blank cookies

🎨 Three piping bags with icing

📦 A take-home box

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Where is it happening?

The Gaslight District, 64 Grand Avenue South, Cambridge, Canada

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Tickets

CAD 0.00 to CAD 6.85

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