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52
Chefs,
52
Weeks,
52 Meals
to help
Feed The
Need
 DETROIT,
MI - On
Wednesday,
October
19, the
first of
52
nutritious
luncheon
meals
will be
served
at
Detroit's
Cass
Community
Center
by
Buffalo
Wild
Wings as
part of
the
52-week
Detroit
Area
Chefs
Feed the
Need
program.
Every
Wednesday
for 52
weeks a
different
metro
Detroit
restaurant
or
catering
company
will
serve up
lunch on
a
rotation
schedule
at five
soup
kitchens
in
Detroit
and
Pontiac.
Through
the
course
of the
program
more
than
12,000
meals
will be
served.
“When we
called
upon the
metro
Detroit
hospitality
committee
to join
us in a
volunteer
effort
to
support
the work
of area
soup
kitchen’s
by
cooking
and
serving
a soup
kitchen
luncheon
meal,
the
response
was
overwhelming,”
said
Mindy
VanHellemont,
a member
of the
Detroit
Area
Chefs
Feed the
Need
committee
and
owner of
two
Birmingham
participating
restaurants,
Tallulah
Wine Bar
& Bistro
and
Bella
Piatti.
“This
program
is
inspired
by the
Charleston
Area
Chefs
Feed the
Need
program
in Suth
Carolina
that
began in
2009 and
was the
recipient
of the
2011
National
Restaurant
Association
Restaurant
Neighbor
Award.”
Mickey
Bakst, a
former
member
of
Detroit’s
restaurant
community
and
current
general
manager
of the
Charleston
Grill at
the
Charleston
Place
hotel,
founded
the
South
Carolina
Charleston
Area
Chefs
Feed the
Need.
“Having
a
long-time
history
with the
Detroit
area
made
this an
easy
call to
make
about
two
months
ago. I
knew the
Detroit
hospitality
community
was
generous
in
supporting
outreach
endeavors,
and I
believed
it was
the
right
city to
launch
the next
Feed the
Need
program,”
said
Bakst.
“Efforts
in
Detroit
will be
used as
the
model to
launch
Feed the
Need
nationwide.
I am
confident
that
other
cities
across
the
nation
will
embrace
the
program
and make
a
difference
in these
tough
economic
times.”
According
to
Feeding
America’s
National
Hunger
study,
the
number
of
individual
emergency
food
recipients
who
receive
food
each
week in
Southeast
Michigan
grew by
over 78
percent.
[2006:
56,700.
2010:
101,200]
Five
area
organizations
will
benefit
from the
rotating
Feed the
Need
program:
in
Detroit
the Cass
Community
Center,
Conner
and
Meldrum
Capuchin
Soup
Kitchens,
and in
Pontiac,
Baldwin
Center
and
Grace
Centers
of Hope.
The
public
is
invited
to view
the
video
presentation
about
the
Charleston
Area
Chefs
Feed the
Need
program
at:
http://www.restaurant.org/sustainability/rna/videos2011.cfm#Charleston
Participating
Restaurants
Achatz
Handmade
Pie
Company
Andiamo
Atlas
Global
Bistro
Bacco
Bagger
Dave’s
Beans &
Cornbread
Beaumont
Hospital
Bella
Piatti
Big Rock
Chop
House
Boston’s
Gourmet
Pizza
Brio
Tuscan
Grille
Buffalo
Wild
Wings
Café
Cortina
Café Via
Carrabba’s
Italian
Grille
Cheeseburger
in
Paradise
Club
Venetian
Cuisine
Da
Edoardo
Foxtown
Grille
Da
Edoardo
Grosse
Pointe
Dave &
Buster’s
Delaware
North
Detroit
Zoo
Epoch
Restaurant
Group
Famous
Dave’s
BBQ
Forest
Grill
Henry
Ford
Hospital
West
Bloomfield
The
Henry
Ford
Huron
River
Club
Jeremy
Just
Baked
Cupcakes
Karl’s
Kabin
Kosch
Catering
Kruse
and Muer
Marriott
at
Centerpoint
Matt
Prentice
Restaurant
Group
MGM
Casino
Mosaic
Ocean
Prime
Orchard
Lake
Country
Club
Outback
Steakhouse
Pasta
Fagioli
P.F.
Chang’s
Phoenicia
Roast
Roberts
Restaurant
Group
Rojo
(Rochester
Hills)
Roma
Café
Schoolcraft
College
Shield’s
Pizza
Stage
Deli
Steve
and
Rocky’s
Steven
Lelli’s
Supino
Pizzeria
Tallulah
Wine Bar
& Bistro
Toast
Townsend
Hotel
Treat
Dreams
Village
Palace
The
Westin
Book
Cadillac
Detroit
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