Walter Royal's Teaching Kitchen
Sunday, August 22nd • 2:00pm
Sunday, November 14th • 2:00pm
$100 per person
Please call Kelly Joslin at the Angus Barn to reserve your space.
919-787-3505 extension 268 or email Kelly at kelly.joslin@angusbarn.com
Join us in our kitchen where Walter Royal and his talented staff will host a fine dining cooking class. You will prepare a course meal from start to finish. Walter will discuss with you all aspects of preparing a meal, from selecting ingredients from the grocer to what to do with the leftovers. Be it an elegant course dinner, watching the game with friends or a backyard barbeque, Walter will prepare you to entertain in your home. These classes are for those looking to refine their skills, for those with no finesse in the kitchen or those looking to learn something new. Classes are on Sunday afternoons. Inquire about private group classes.
Walter J. Royal is the executive chef of The Angus Barn Steakhouse. in Raleigh North Carolina. Royal oversees the preparation of more than 5,000 pounds of beef every week. The 46 year-old chef flexes his creative muscles by developing special menus in the restaurant's exclusive Wine Cellar Room.
Alabama-born Royal acquired his passion for Southern food from his grandmother and mother and at age 14 decide he wanted to cook professionally. He attended LaGrange College in Georgia and Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama. He went on to Nathalie Dupree's Cooking School in Atlanta.
In 1997, Royal's talents won him recognition from the Restaurant Guild International who named him the Five Star Chef of the Year. He is the first black chef to have received this prestigious award. Other awards have included Best Chef in the Triangle, James Beard Rising Star, Top Black Chef in America and one of the Top Five Chefs in the Southeast. Royal is also a founding member of Cystic Fibrosis' Master Chef Series, an annual event that has already raised over 1 million dollars for research of the dreaded disease. For the past 4 years, Royal has been the spokesperson for B & B Black History tours, on the influence of African American Southern culture and its food. Walter's recent accomplishments included an Angus Barn Achievement award, being featured in Ebony magazine, and Savoy magazine. His most recent trip was in November 2002 where he showed his culinary talents at the Bermuda Cooking Festival, which will be featured in Gourmet Magazine. Walter wass also featured in Southern Living Magazine .
