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You asked for it: Picnic’s Christine Nunn is starting her own blog. Read her insights from the kitchen at www.picniccaterers.com/blog1/.
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn is now being featured on her own television cooking show!
Cooking with Christine started airing on Fair Lawn Television (cable channel 77 in Fair Lawn, NJ) Friday, June 18, 2004.
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Christine Nunn’s alma mater, is featuring Christine on their web site. The CIA Alumni In the Industry page, trumpeting the accomplishments of CIA graduates to prospective students, includes Christine in the Caterers and Event Planners section (scroll down the page about 80%). A longer write-up about Christine and Picnic can be found on the CIA Spotlight page.
In an article quoting no less an authority than Picnic’s own Christine Nunn, the Bergen Record advises its readers to liven up more meals, turning them into picnics. Read how — and about some of the most romantic picnics Christine has been on — in the Bergen Record’s July 3, 2007 article “A loaf, a jug, thou ... or maybe just a park bench.”
The popular food blog Off the Broiler once again sings the praises of Picnic. This time, Picnic’s burgers provide the inspiration. Read about it at http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/picnic-episode-iii-rendevous-at-burger-mountain/.
The Culinary Institute of America, where Picnic’s Christine Nunn received her training, has an article about Christine (’03) and Picnic in the Fall 2006 issue (#37) of their alumni magazine, Mise en Place. The magazine is available online, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, at www2.ciachef.edu/lm/alumni/services/pdf/mep_37.pdf. The article on Christine appears on page 33.
(You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view the magazine. Many computers already have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed; if yours does not, you can get it at for free at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.)
The food and technology web site Off the Broiler has a podcast (MP3 file) of Picnic’s Christine Nunn interviewed by Jason Perlow. Listen to it at http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/podcast-27-christine-nunn-picnic-caterers/.
The Bergen Record notes that “picnics have gone gourmet” and quotes Picnic’s Christine Nunn in their May 24, 2006 article “Perfect Picks for Picnics.”
Sara Moulton holds Kaley Smith, with Picnic’s Christine Nunn (left) and Kerryann Smith, Kaley’s mother (right).
Kaley Smith, a local girl, suffers from a debilitating brain disease. Insurance doesn’t cut it... so we’re trying to help with a special benefit. We started the fund last year and raised $17,000 (read about last year’s benefit here), but we need your help again! Please join us March 19 as celebrity chef Sara Moulton leads the staff of Picnic in cooking up her signature recipes at the Ridgewood Women’s Club at 7 p.m.
The evening will be filled with food, wine (donated by Cork and Keg), silent auction items and good people. Please join us for a fantastic evening, and reserve your tickets today! Last year was a ball, and everybody walked away with new friends!
Chef Sara Moulton is a great friend of Picnic’s and our favorite chef. You can check out her new show Sara’s Secrets for Weeknight Meals on PBS this Spring!
Tickets at $100 each can be purchased by calling (201) 262-5505. Please make checks payable to The United Way of Bergen County. All but $35 of your ticket is tax-deductible. And, 100 percent of the ticket price is going straight to the cause!
Kaley Smith Benefit Dinner
7 p.m. Wednesday March 19, 2007
Ridgewood Women’s Club
Tickets $100 each. Call (201) 262-5505.
Picnic’s Executive Chef Christine Nunn and her sous-chef Michele will be squaring off against the chefs of Napa Valley Grille at Chef Central’s Ultimate Bergen County Chef competition. The one-hour cookoff, at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 19, will feature a secret ingredient and will be judged by three professionals.
Samples will be available. See you there!
Ultimate Chef contest
11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 19, 2008
Chef
Central, Paramus
240 Rt 17 North, Paramus NJ 07652 — (201) 576-0100
Kaley
Smith, a local girl, suffers from a debilitating brain disease. Insurance doesn’t
cut it... so we’re trying to help with a special benefit! Please join us
January 16 as Sara
Moulton leads the staff of Picnic in cooking up her signature recipes at
Westwood Women’s Club at 7 p.m.
The evening will be filled with food, wine (donated by Cork and Keg), silent auction items and good people. Please join us for a fantastic evening, and reserve your tickets today! (Really, how often can you say you had Sara Moulton, executive chef of Gourmet Magazine and host of two Food Network cooking shows, made your meal?)
Tickets at $100 each can be purchased by calling (201) 262-5505. Please make checks payable to The United Way of Bergen County.
Thanks to the United Way of Bergen County and Westwood Women’s Club, co-sponsors of the event. All but $35 of your ticket is tax-deductible. And, 100 percent of the ticket price is going straight to the cause!
Kaley Smith Benefit Dinner
7 p.m. Tuesday January 16, 2007
Westwood Women’s Club
Tickets $100 each. Call (201) 262-5505.
Read more about Kaley’s benefit at Off the Broiler.
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn will be making a series of appearances as guest chef throughout the Northern New Jerseay area. She’ll be creating classic French cuisine using All-Clad Cop-R-Chef cookware.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Bloomingdale’s, The Shops at Riverside (formerly Riverside Square)
400 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 — (201) 457-2000
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Bloomingdale’s, The Mall at Short Hills
1200 Morris Turnpike Short Hills, NJ 07078 — (973) 548-2200
7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 14, 2006
Chef Central, Paramus
240 Rt 17 North, Paramus NJ 07652 — (201) 576-0100
7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 21, 2006
Chef Central, Hartsdale
45 South Central Avenue, Hartsdale, NY 10530 — (914) 328-1376
Chefs for MS, a charity tasting event and cruise around Manhattan with honoree chef Sara Moulton and mistress of ceremonies supermodel Emme, will be held on September 25 to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater North Jersey Chapter, on the Cornucopia Majesty, 12th St. Pier, Hoboken. Picnic’s chefs Christine Nunn and Michele West will be preparing Picnic’s signature hors d’oeuvre of butter poached filet mignon, lobster and béarnaise sauce.
Chefs for MS cruise
September 25, 2006, 12th St. Pier, Hoboken NJ
Celebrity champagne reception, 5:30 p.m. boarding, $225
General admission, 6:30 p.m. boarding, $100
Sailing 7 to 10 p.m.
For more information, visit www.chefsforms.com
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn will be the guest chef at Bloomingdales in The Shops at Riverside (a.k.a. Riverside Square) in Hackensack New Jersey on Wednesday April 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. She’ll be creating easy, healthy entrées using All-Clad cookware.
All-Clad cooking demonstration: Easy, Healthy Entrées
1 - 3 p.m. Wednesday April 26, 2006
Bloomingdale’s, The Shops at Riverside (formerly Riverside Square)
400 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 — (201) 457-2000
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn will be the guest chef at Bloomingdales in The Shops at Riverside (formerly Riverside Square, for those of us who can’t keep up with corporate name changes) in Hackensack New Jersey on Wednesday March 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. Come on by and watch Christine cook up something special to celebrate Spring!
Spring cooking demonstration
1 - 3 p.m. Wednesday March 29, 2006
Bloomingdale’s, The Shops at Riverside (formerly Riverside Square)
400 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 — (201) 457-2000
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn will be back at Chef Central in Paramus, New Jersey to perform a cooking demonstration on December 17. Take a Picnic break from your holiday shopping and come on down!
Holiday cooking demonstration
2 p.m. Saturday December 17, 2005
Chef Central, 240 Rt 17 North, Paramus NJ 07652 — (201) 576-0100
The Saint Joseph School’s second annual Harvest Fest will feature Picnic’s own Christine Nunn as sommelier and chef. The event, an adult social of wine and beer tasting sponsored by Wine & Roses, will take place Saturday, November 5 from 7:30 p.m. until midnight at Saint Joseph School in Oradell. Tickets are available through the Saint Joseph School office or at the door for $40 per person or $75 per couple.
Harvest Fest
7:30 p.m. until midnight, Saturday November 5, 2005
Saint Joseph School, 305 Elm St, Oradell NJ 07649
For information, call Nora Reilly at (201) 599-0798
Picnic’s owner and executive chef Christine Nunn will be demonstrating the preparation of summer appetizers at Chef Central in Paramus, New Jersey on June 25. Come on by, say hello, and get some great ideas to whet your guests’ appetities — or your own — this summer!
Summer Appetizers demonstration
11 a.m. Saturday June 25, 2005
Chef Central, 240 Rt 17 North, Paramus NJ 07652 — (201) 576-0100
North Jersey Newspapers featured a number of Picnic executive chef Christine Nunn’s recipes on their Food/Without Reservations page throughout autumn 2004. Some of these recipes are available on this web site, including Thyme Baked Chicken Thighs and Gratin of Cloved Onion.