2008 Woodie Awards
Food Network loser wins over UMSL crowd in Oak Hall
Melissa S. Hayden
Issue date: 8/25/08 Section: Features
A group of roughly 50 University of Missouri-St. Louis students crowded in to a cramped space in Oak Hall with empty stomachs and open minds, eager to learn about healthy eating habits.
Kevin T. Roberts, better known as Kevin the Food Dude, came to give a cooking presentation as part of the Welcome Week festivities organized by Student Life, which took place on campus all last week.
Roberts, who has been cooking since he was a child, was a contestant on Food Network's hit series, "Next Food Network Star." Although he did not win, he won over the crowd here at UM-St. Louis.
Roberts came to the campus to teach college students a thing or two about how to eat better and how to prepare a few tasty treats for themselves. Roberts explained why students should cook.
And the reasons did not just include, warding off the dreaded "freshman fifteen," which Roberts said has now become the "freshman twenty," but he pointed out the additional benefits, for students' budgets and their social lives.
In addition to teaching students why they should cook, Roberts reminded them that while many college students do not eat breakfast in the mornings.
It is "the most important meal of the day" because it jump starts your metabolism.
Roberts proceeded to show students how to slap together a breakfast sandwich, made from a bagel, some cream cheese, a slice of tomato and a few slices of luncheon meat.
"You can have all five food groups at breakfast," he said.
Next on the agenda, was a quick lesson on cutting, without chopping off a few fingers.
"Curl your fingers in [toward your body], and if [the knife] does slip, it can't get you," he said.
Roberts taught students about shopping for natural and non-processed foods, by shopping in the outer ring of a grocery store.
Jessica Long, student activities coordinator, who helped organize Roberts' appearance at UM-St. Louis said the "good educational program" was something she would have liked to have attended in her college years.
Kevin T. Roberts, better known as Kevin the Food Dude, came to give a cooking presentation as part of the Welcome Week festivities organized by Student Life, which took place on campus all last week.
Roberts, who has been cooking since he was a child, was a contestant on Food Network's hit series, "Next Food Network Star." Although he did not win, he won over the crowd here at UM-St. Louis.
Roberts came to the campus to teach college students a thing or two about how to eat better and how to prepare a few tasty treats for themselves. Roberts explained why students should cook.
And the reasons did not just include, warding off the dreaded "freshman fifteen," which Roberts said has now become the "freshman twenty," but he pointed out the additional benefits, for students' budgets and their social lives.
In addition to teaching students why they should cook, Roberts reminded them that while many college students do not eat breakfast in the mornings.
It is "the most important meal of the day" because it jump starts your metabolism.
Roberts proceeded to show students how to slap together a breakfast sandwich, made from a bagel, some cream cheese, a slice of tomato and a few slices of luncheon meat.
"You can have all five food groups at breakfast," he said.
Next on the agenda, was a quick lesson on cutting, without chopping off a few fingers.
"Curl your fingers in [toward your body], and if [the knife] does slip, it can't get you," he said.
Roberts taught students about shopping for natural and non-processed foods, by shopping in the outer ring of a grocery store.
Jessica Long, student activities coordinator, who helped organize Roberts' appearance at UM-St. Louis said the "good educational program" was something she would have liked to have attended in her college years.
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