FILE – Redwood Coast Seniors Executive Director Jill Rexrode speaks to the lunch crowd from the back of the dining room at Fort Bragg’s senior center In Fort Bragg, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Rexrode spoke to the diners about possible federal funding cuts to the Area Agency on Aging of Lake & Mendocino Counties (AAA) that would affect funding to Mendocino County senior programs. (Frank Hartzell via Bay City News)

FORT BRAGG, CA., 10/15/25 — On an early weekend morning along the Fort Bragg coast, what’s better than a serving of French toast bread pudding, hickory-smoked bacon and bagels? This Sunday, renowned local chefs will cook up breakfast delicacies for “A Gala Brunch,” benefiting the food program for a center for seniors on the coast that is currently under threat of losing funding from the federal government.

This Sunday, Margaret Fox, former owner and chef of Mendocino’s famed Café Beaujolais, and Shannon Hughes, former owner and chef of Point Arena’s Pangaea and Lorca, will be serving an elevated brunch with savory and sweet dishes like Coho salmon caper-dill salad on sourdough bagels, roasted red pepper and potato frittata, and baked French toast bread pudding with caramelized apples and whipped cream. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.