Fifteen-year-old barbecue sauce mater Tyrek Ware is set to offer a cooking demonstration as part of the nationwide Food Day celebration.
Ware is the owner and founder of Unique Ribz. He is also a student with Minding Our Business, the Trenton-area non-profit organization that offers entrepreneurship education and mentoring to urban youth.
As a student with MOB, Tyrek has been able to combine his cooking talent and entrepreneurial dreams to produce Unique Ribz, a barbecue sauce recipe he developed after getting inspiration from his favorite cooking shows. Ware said he came up with the idea after watching an episode Iron Chef America in 2002.
Once Ware developed his product, MOB provided the tools necessary to own and operate a successful business. He uses his personal social networking accounts, word of mouth and his family to grow his business. He is also working on a website, which is set to go live this fall.
Mrs. G’s CEO, Debbie Schaeffer is a trustee of MOB and invited Ware to cook along side the company’s executive chef, Mary Beth Madill for Food Day.
Food Day is a national movement to encourage the creation and consumption of healthy and sustainable foods. The goal is to educate and influence individuals to cut down on sugary, fatty, pre-packed and processed foods in favor of more vegetables, fruit, whole-grains and sustainably-raised protein.
The demonstration is scheduled for 6 – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Mrs. G’s TV, Appliances & Sleep Center, 2960 Route 1, Lawrenceville.
More information and registration is online at mrsgs.com/cookingclass.html.
