Join us as CreativeMornings PKX returns in person! It’s the only creative breakfast lecture series that you’ll need on a Friday morning!
July’s Speaker: Chef Evan Mallett: Evolution of a Mentor
Evan Mallett is the chef and co-owner of Black Trumpet in Portsmouth, an 18-year-old restaurant dedicated to building a resilient community around our local food system, sustainability, and social justice.
The professional kitchen offers a unique perspective when it comes to mentorship. A chef’s role, like it or not, is a quintessential example of mentoring. Some chefs are torMENTORS, some are deMENTORS, and a few are encourageMENTORS.
In his talk, Evolution of a Mentor, Chef Evan will share how he has evolved (often unwittingly) as a mentor in his field–to his cooks and staff, but also often to his customers and even other chefs and cooks in our community.
Evan is a six-time James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Best Chef, Northeast. In 2020, Black Trumpet was also nominated for a national Beard award for Best Hospitality. He has served on the boards of Chef’s Collaborative, Slow Food Seacoast, and, most recently, Cultivate–a non-profit that he co-founded, which serves as an umbrella organization for local food and culture celebrations such as BIPOC Fest and Farm-a-Q. In 2016, Evan wrote an award-winning book published by Chelsea Green Publishing entitled Black Trumpet: A Chef’s Journey through Eight New England Seasons.
Doors open at 8:30. Coffee served 8:30-9am. Talk begins at 9am and event ends at 10am.
About CreativeMornings PKX
CreativeMornings PKX (Portsmouth, Kittery, & Beyond) is a local chapter of the global breakfast lecture series for the creative community founded by Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss). We meet once a month on a Friday morning from 8:30 – 10am. Every meeting will feature a local speaker on the month’s topic and is free and open to the public.
