Celebrity Chef Jehangir Mehta Serves up Global Cuisine at The Evergreens in Moorestown

The Evergreens®, one of the premier continuing care retirement communities in the Philadelphia area, recently welcomed Celebrity Chef Jehangir Mehta to its Moorestown campus. Residents were treated to a sampling of Chef Mehta’s global-inspired recipes, a meet-and-greet and a Q&A session. Chef Mehta also conducted a cooking demo at Center Stage, located in the heart of the community’s Main Dining Room, and mingled with resident diners.

Chef Mehta has established himself in the culinary world by juxtaposing ingredients and tastes from his native Mumbai with global flavors inspired by his travels. He places an emphasis on creating vegetable-based dishes with sustainable, waste-reducing methods in his New York City restaurants Graffiti, Graffiti Earth and Me & You. Chef Mehta has appeared on a variety of television shows including The Next Iron Chef, where he was a runner up, Iron Chef America and Martha Stewart Living.

Residents at The Evergreens asked Chef Mehta about his passion for healthy cuisine, including the “Chef Jehangir Pledge” at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which aims to work with students to decrease food waste. Chef Mehta also serves as the Chef Ambassador for Beyond Celiac, an organization dedicated to educating people about and finding a cure for Celiac Disease, and has created cooking classes and after-school programs for children to teach healthy eating habits.

“It is exciting to have such an innovative, celebrated chef visit our community,” said Doug Halvorsen, President and CEO of The Evergreens. “Chef Mehta’s dedication to healthy, clean and sustainable cuisine was enthusiastically received by our residents. We strive to provide quality programming and top-notch dining experiences year-round, and this visit from Chef Mehta is just the most recent example of The Evergreens’ emphasis on first-class food and cultural experiences.”

Working in collaboration with executive chefs from The Evergreens’ culinary service partner Flik Lifestyles, a member of Compass Group North America and division of Flik Hospitality Group, Chef Mehta visited The Evergreens community as part of the Celebrity Chef Series. Through this special series, celebrity chefs travel around the country preparing delicious meals and holding cooking demonstrations featuring fresh, wholesome ingredients for various communities.

For more information about culinary programming at The Evergreens, visit www.evergreens.org or contact the community at (856) 439-2062 or info@evergreens.org.

Photo Captions
Photo 1: Celebrity Chef Jehangir Mehta (center) with Fred Weiss, Regional Vice President of Flik Lifestyles and Doug Halvorsen, President and CEO of The Evergreens.

Photo 2: Chef Jehangir Mehta prepared mushroom-blended burgers popular from his restaurant Graffiti for residents of The Evergreens, a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Moorestown, as part of the Celebrity Chef Series.

Photo 3: Celebrity Chef Jehangir Mehta (second from right) visited Center Stage of The Evergreens Main Dining Room to oversee the preparation of a special dinner for residents. The menu was prepared using the flavor of Mehta’s fresh, exotic cuisine.

Photo 4: After the presentation, signed copies of Chef Mehta’s cookbook, “Mantra: The Rules of Indulgence” were raffled as prizes for residents of The Evergreens. Residents Mario and Rosemarie Nicolais posed with Chef Mehta after winning a copy of the cookbook of exotic recipes.

About The Evergreens
The Evergreens was founded in 1919 in Bound Brook, NJ, by the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. In 1949, it moved to Moorestown, NJ. Today, The Evergreens offers gracious retirement living continuing its more than 90-year tradition of caring. Since its inception, The Evergreens’ mission has been to enhance the quality of life of those it serves. For more information, visit www.evergreens.org.