*Culinary Demo | Wok this Way | Aromatic Vegetarian Fried Rice and Trinidadian Chicken with Mango Chutney | Guest Chef Grace Young

Location: Lake Kitchen

October 8, 2025 3:00 pm

Grace Young is an award-winning cookbook author and culinary historian. She is a 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 honoree, is the recipient of the Julia Child Award, the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award and is a USA Today Women of the Year honoree for her work to save America’s Chinatowns. Grace has been featured on CBS Mornings, PBS Newshour, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, All Things Considered, Smithsonian and Vogue magazine. Named the “Poet Laureate of the wok” by the food historian Betty Fussell, Grace has devoted her career to celebrating healthy wok cookery. She was featured in the WeightWatchers Stir-Fry Guru video series and has written for EatingWell, Shape, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Fitness, Health, Cooking Light, and Diabetic Living magazines. Her accolades include James Beard Awards for her Wok Therapist comedy video and cookbook Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge. She is a six-time IACP award-winner, including the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award and the Culinary Classics Award for her cookbook The Breath of a Wok.

No charge for overnight guests. Price is $25 per person for day guests + plus tax and service charge. Please call 512 372-7360 reserve your space.

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