5th Annual Turkey Cook Off benefiting Loaves & Fishes
5th Annual Turkey Cook Off
Benefitting Loaves & Fishes
Monday, November 21st, 2011
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Beatnik Studios, 2421 A 17th Street, Sacramento, CA
For
the fifth year in a row, I am bringing together Sacramento’s top
restaurants to create delicious turkey meals that will help Loaves &
Fishes provide a Thanksgiving
feast for the City’s homeless population.
Since
1983, Loaves & Fishes has relied solely on private donations to
support its work of feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless. This
year, we will continue to
work together to reach our goal of 200 turkeys which will provide a
meal to every man, woman, and child that stands in line for a
Thanksgiving meal at Loaves & Fishes this year.
With the Holiday Season upon us, my staff has been hard at work organizing what we know will be the “Best Turkey
Cook Off” to date. This year we will not only
celebrate the chef’s turkey creations, we will also be celebrating
Executive Director of Loaves & Fishes Sister Libby Fernandez’s
birthday.
The
event consists of each participating restaurant donating two fully
cooked turkeys. During the cook-off, Sacramento’s top restaurants
showcase turkeys they
have prepared using closely guarded, top-secret recipes and techniques.
Our
judges panel taste a small portion of each turkey to judge tenderness
and flavor. The most tender and flavorful turkeys are recognized with 1st,
2nd and 3rd place awards. In the past, our
winners have included Jamie’s Bar & Grill, Tower Café, Fox &
Goose, Riverside Clubhouse, The Kitchen, Bali Wine Bar & Grill, Old
Soul Co., Hangar 17 Bar & Grill,
Selland's Market-Café, Café Bernardo, and The Shady Lady Saloon to name a few.
In
the past, we have had restaurants with backgrounds in all types of
cuisine participate; most of them not specializing in turkey.
We encourage all restaurants to participate and take part in
helping us feed the hungry and ease the work load on Loaves & Fishes
not just during the holidays but year round.
Those interested in participating and/or making a donation
should
contact Jessica Equihua at p: (916) 808-5241
e:
JEquihua@cityofsacramento.org. If you know of a restaurant that would like to participate, please feel free to forward them this information.
The
Turkey Cook Off also has a Facebook page! For any questions, updates or
to check out which restaurants will be participating, please visit
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Mark your calendars!
-Rob
Councilmember Rob Fong,
City of Sacramento, District 4
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