The celebrity chef and cookbook author put on a great show at the nonprofit’s first Signature Author event.
Chef Martin Yan, right, demonstrates his chopping technique as San Jose City Librarian Jill Bourne and Scott Smead of Robert Lee & Associates observe on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at the Janet Gray Hayes Rotunda at San Jose City Hall. Yan was the guest of honor at the San Jose Public Library Foundation’s first Signature Author event. We all know “Yan Can Cook,” but it turns out celebrity chef Martin Yan can fundraise pretty well, too.
But whatever the reason, Yan was the right ingredient to make the fundraiser at the Janet Gray Hayes Rotunda at San Jose City Hall a success. As the capacity crowd dined on a Chinese lunch, Yan delighted them with a demonstration of his cooking skills — including boning a chicken in a matter of seconds.
“It’s a beautiful library, and it really needs your support,” Yan told the crowd, which donated more than $30,000 — including direct donations and winning bids on a walking tour with Yan in San Francisco’s Chinatown and an eight-person dinner hosted by Yan at one of his favorite Bay Area Chinese restaurants.
No matter who you slice it, that’s a huge gap that the SJPL Foundation is working to bridge; you can find out more about the nonprofit’s mission atSymphony San Jose Executive Artist Director Robert Massey has an interesting history with pianist Jon Nakamatsu, the San Jose native who is the featured soloist for the symphony’s season opener the first weekend in October.
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