2018
HEALTH + WELLNESS January 25th & 26th MCC’s cooking up lifestyle changes Kevin Bame, wellness coach and chef, offers local food camp BY JEFFREY HAGE MONTICELLO TIMES Everybody has a story. But Kevin Bame has 95 stories. The chef-turned catererturned fitness guru has lost 95 pounds in the past 5 1/2 years. He’s now sharing his “healthy living journey” with the Monticello community. Bame owns A Catered Event and is well known in Monticello for his skills in the kitchen. He is also owns 360° Live It, a company that helps businesses incorporate exercise and healty eating habits into the daily lives of their employees. Bame also teaches Monticello Community
Center fitness classes “Total Body Conditioning” and “Body Blast Strength “ and is an instructor at Fitness Revolution. Come Saturday, Feb. 3, Bame’s passion for cooking and a healthy lifestyle will align in the Monticello Community Center’s new class, MCC Food Camp 2018. According to Bame, the one hour, 6-week food camp will give participants an opportunity to enjoy freshly prepared food while receiving recipes and useful information that will help people transform their lives. The MCC Food Camp costs $150 for members and $210 for non-members. Register by calling the MCC’s guest services desk at 763-295-2954. “I struggled with weight all my life,” Bame said. He was the first kid in grade school to reach the Food Camp/See page 5
Kevin Bame teaches his Total Body Conditioning class at the Monticello Community Center on Jan. 10. Bame will lead the MCC Food Camp starting Feb. 3. (Photo by Jeffrey Hage)