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Give Me Five Raises $50,000 for Atlanta's Share Our Strength

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THE RECENT GIVE ME FIVE: FIVE CHEFS & FIVE SOMMELIERS DINNER RAISED $50,000 FOR SHARE OUR STRENGTH TO HELP FIGHT CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN GEORGIA.

September 1

Give Me Five Raises $50,000 for Atlanta's Share Our Strength

The Examiner
by Lucy Mercer
September 1, 2010

The recent Give Me Five: Five Chefs & Five Sommeliers dinner raised $50,000 for Share Our Strength to help fight childhood hunger in Georgia. The East Lake Country Club event featured five courses and hors d’oeuvres prepared by five of Georgia’s best chefs. Five top sommeliers paired each course with complementary wines.

Participating chefs included Michael Deihl of East Lake Golf Club, Kevin Walker of Cherokee Town & Country Club, Gary Donlick of Bistro Niko, Jay Yarbrough of The Piedmont Driving Club and Hector Santiago of Pura Vida. The sommeliers included Angela Head of East Lake Golf Club, Stephen Clark of the Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation, Eric Crane of Empire Distributors, Andres Loazia of Aria and Matt Bradford of Canoe.

The night of gourmet food and wine featured live classical music by the Morningside Musicians and live and silent charity auctions. Some of the unique auction items included a private cooking class for 10 people by Pura Vida’s executive chef Hector Santiago, a private wine tasting for 10 people and a two-night stay for two at Persimmon Creek Vineyards from event co-chairs Dr. Sonny and Mary Ann Hardman of Persimmon Creek Vineyards and an in-home five-course chef dinner for eight people by Cherokee Town & Country Club’s executive chef Kevin Walker.

East Lake Golf Club’s executive chef Michael Deihl’s five-course interactive hands-on cooking class including wine sold twice for a total of $2,400, while a five-course dinner featuring French cuisine with Burgundy wine pairings for 10 people by Bistro Niko’s executive chef Gary Donlick and wine expert Caleb Hopkins sold four times for a total of $5,200. Other top-selling items included a Northern California wine getaway for four people that sold for $4,600 and a private suite for 16 people at both an Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers game and signed team memorabilia that sold for $3,000.

Share Our Strength is a national nonprofit with the goal of ending childhood hunger in America by connecting children with the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives. Through its No Kid Hungry™ campaign—a national effort to end childhood hunger in America by 2015—Share Our Strength ensures children in need are enrolled in effective federal nutrition programs, invests in community organizations fighting hunger, teaches families how to cook healthy meals on a budget, and builds public-private partnerships to end hunger, both nationally and at the state level. For more information, check out www.strength.org.

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