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Unique Cooking Competition To Help Fight Hunger In The Community
Annual fundraiser benefits West Valley Community Services. Tickets on sale now for Sept. 16 event.
(Cupertino, CA) – On Friday, September 16, 2016, West Valley Community Services (WVCS) will host the 6th Annual Chefs of Compassion: Cooking for a Cause dinner, a unique fundraising event that challenges four accomplished Bay Area chefs to prepare a four-course dinner with ingredients found only in the WVCS food pantry. Proceeds from the event will support WVCS in its mission to combat hunger and homelessness in the community.
The event will begin at 5:30pm at the Computer History Museum (1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View), and will feature four stellar chefs: Chef Irfan Dama (Chef/Owner, Chef Dama’s Kitchen), Chef Jerome Ito (Chef/Owner, Go Fish Poke Bar), Chef Kevin Kohlmann (Executive Chef, Bon Appetit), and Chef Jessie Lugo (Sous Chef, Alexander’s Steakhouse San Francisco).
The competing chefs will be judged on a five-point scale of taste, presentation, and creative use of only food pantry ingredients by a distinguished panel of judges featuring Chef Alexander Hult (Hult’s Restaurant), Chef Isamu Kanai (Bushido Izakaya), Chef Kathleen Ko (Culinary Coach), and Chef David Wiesner (Siena Bistro).
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An audience favorite award will also be awarded to the dish that receives the most votes from event attendees. The event will be emceed by CNET host/editor Brian Tong. In addition to the culinary competition, the program will include client stories, a silent auction, and a ceremony to honor two community members and WVCS leaders, Dorothy Stow and Kay Lohmiller.
Tickets are $150 per person, $1,500 for a table of ten, and are available for purchase online at www.chefsofcompassion.org.
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West Valley Community Services, Inc. (WVCS) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, community-based agency that has been providing direct assistance and referral services to the west valley communities of Santa Clara County for over 40 years. Founded in 1973, WVCS provides a continuum of basic needs, family support services and housing services including: information and referrals, food pantry, affordable housing, financial assistance, family support and case management services.
Our service area comprises seven zip codes, including Cupertino (95014), Los Gatos (95030, 95032, 95030), Saratoga (95070), West San Jose (95129, 95130), and the surrounding mountain regions.
Visit us online at www.wvcommunityservices.org.
