Local culinary celebrity Lara Lyn Carter enjoys a meal and conversation with Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black during a luncheon she hosted Thursday at the Shackelford House to promote Georgia Grown products and her upcoming trip to Canada, where she will film five live cooking segments to be broadcast across the country. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Days before the whirlwind media trip she’s taking to Canada, Emmy-award winning television host and local celebrity chef Lara Lyn Carter took an opportunity Thursday to promote Georgia products, while also saying thank you to Georgia Grown’s chief and state agricultural commissioner Gary W. Black with an intimate luncheon at the Shackelford House.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black thanks representatives of the Albany Technical College Culinary Arts program for the work they put into helping local celebrity chef Lara Lyn Carter host a luncheon Thursday at the Shackelford House to promote Georgia Grown and her upcoming media tour of Canada. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Local celebrity chef and Emmy-award winning television host Lara Lyn Carter enjoys a dish of port wine mustard and pecan crusted beef with Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black during a luncheon Carter hosted Thursday for Black and others at the Shackelford House to promote Georgia Grown and her upcoming media trip to Canada. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black, right, chats with local chef Lara Lyn Carter, local businessman Brian Willis, left, and Albany Technical College head chef Todd White at a luncheon hosted by Carter Thursday at the Shackelford House in Albany. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Molly Willis tries some butternut squash and sweet potato and curry soup during a luncheon hosted Thursday by local chef Lara Lyn Carter in honor of Georgia Grown products. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black thanks students and faculty from the Albany Technical College Culinary Arts program for the work they put into helping local celebrity chef Lara Lyn Carter host a luncheon Thursday at the Shackelford House to promote Georgia Grown and her upcoming media tour of Canada. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)