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Taste of Home Cooking School brings latest food trends, gadgets to town

Culinary specialist Michelle "Red" Roberts will bring food and fun to the Taste of Home Cooking School.
Culinary specialist Michelle "Red" Roberts will bring food and fun to the Taste of Home Cooking School. Culinary specialist Michelle "Red" Roberts will bring food and fun to the Taste of Home Cooking School.

If you go

› What: Taste of Home Cooking School› When: 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Tickets: $15 general admission; $35 VIP, which includes 4 p.m. meet-and-greet reception with Michelle Roberts› Information: www.tasteofhomechatt.com

Michelle “Red” Roberts’ job combines the skills of chef, stand-up comic, teacher and talk show host.

As a culinary specialist for Taste of Home Cooking School, she leads audiences through the preparation of eight dishes at each show while entertaining them with the latest in food techniques, new trends and demonstrations of gadgets.

“The audience does love gadgets!” she reiterates. “I cook, talk and entertain for two hours.”

Roberts will be at the Tivoli Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 27, to host Taste of Home’s Cooking School presented by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The event is sponsored by CHI Memorial, Xfinity and Food City. At the end of the night, the eight dishes Roberts has made will be awarded as door prizes along with other prizes from the stage.