Celebrity Chef, Oliver Saucy, of Café Maxx to Lead Class at The Publix Apron’s Cooking School

Pompano Beach, Florida (October 20, 2006)——-Chef Oliver Saucy is honored to be leading one cooking class this week at each of the Publix Apron’s Cooking Schools in Tampa and Sarasota, Florida . Saucy joins an impressive list of star chefs including Wolfgang Puck, Paul Prudhomme, Rachael Ray and many others who have participated in these exciting classes.

Chef Saucy is one of South Florida’s most well-known and respected chefs. His restaurant with Darrel Broek, Café Maxx, based in Pompano Beach, has been lauded by critics and gourmands all over the world for its innovative and utterly delicious cuisine. In fact, Café Maxx was once a question on the hit show Jeopardy.

Students at the cooking school are in for a real treat, as Saucy is constantly praised for his own fun-filled and fast-paced classes that are now the subject of a new television program called, The Secrets of Café Maxx. This highly anticipated monthly program will be debuting in November on BRET, Boca Raton Educational Television.

“I am delighted to be bring my Saucy Style of cooking to the Publix Apron’s Cooking School s ,” said the CIA graduate. “I know this will be wonderful event, and I am honored to have been selected to participate.”

For more information about Café Maxx and the new television program, log on to www.CafeMaxx.com or call 954-782-0606.

About Publix Apron’s Cooking School: The first Publix Apron’s Cooking School, at Citrus Park in Tampa, opened in August 2001 followed by the Apron’s Cooking School in Sarasota at University Walk in 2002. National celebrity chefs have included Wolfgang Puck, Paula Deen, Tyler Florence, Rachael Ray, Michael Chiarello, Paul Prudhomme, Martin Yan, Sara Moulton and many others. The Apron’s Cooking School also features well-known and up-and-coming local chefs, as well as food and wine experts from wineries and breweries around the globe.

The current schedule of classes can be viewed on Publix's website at www.publix.com/aprons.

Contact:
Kay Renz
VP Full Spectrum Media
561-654-8151