Here’s how you can eat from 20 amazing Kentucky chefs and support a good cause
Fans of great food, here’s a chance to eat a special dinner cooked by some Kentucky’s top female chefs, including recent James Beard Award finalist Samantha Fore.
The fifth annual FEAST event will be May 24 at Fasig-Tipton. It’s a fundraiser for FoodChain, a Lexington non-profit that helps distribute meals to the community and much more. The event, which stands for Food Equity & Access Sustains Tomorrow, was launched in 2017 by chef Ouita Michel and four chefs she met at a James Beard Foundation Chef Boot Camp.
Tickets are available online at foodchainlex.org for $150 per person.
The first FEAST helped FoodChain to build the kitchen that, with the help of Keeneland, VisitLex and the Murry Foundation, served so many people during the COVID pandemic. Now, the money goes to increase access to fresh food, food literacy education programs and direct food access distributions.
“FoodChain is so excited to bring FEAST back this year,” said Leandra Forman, FoodChain’s director of operations, in a news release. “Our team has grown exponentially over the past few years, providing nearly 700,000 scratch-made, free-to-the-consumer meals while massively growing our local food system impact.”
Food insecurity is defined as “the condition of not having access to sufficient food, or food of an adequate quality, to meet one’s basic needs.”
This year’s dinner will feature more than 20 nationally known and local chefs, who will create small plates that highlight fresh locally sourced ingredients, served with craft cocktails, local beer and wine.
Chefs at FoodChain’s FEAST 2023
List of chefs include:
▪ Sara Bradley, Freighthouse, Paducah
▪ Abra Berens, Granor Farm, Three Oaks, Mich.
▪ Amy Brandwein, Centrolina, Washington DC
▪ Joy Crump, Foode, Fredericksburg Va.
▪ Jamilka Borges, Sally Ann’s, Pittsburgh
▪ Kristin Smith, The Wrigley Taproom, Corbin
▪ Sam Fore, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, Lexington
▪ Alison Settle, Assemblage, Louisville
▪ Jane Thompson, Dupree Catering + Events, Lexington
▪ Nokee Bucayu, Wiltshire at the Speed, Louisville
▪ Martine Holzman, Martine’s Pastries, Lexington
▪ Toa Green, Michelle Kovach and Sam Sabad, Crank and Boom Ice Cream, Lexington
▪ Brie Golliher, The Pie Queen of BG, Bowling Green
▪ Agnes Marrero, Smithtown Seafood, Lexington
▪ Katie Startzman, Native Bagel, Berea
▪ Anetra Polk, Woke Junk Food Vegan, Lexington
▪ Jessica Taylor, Lexington
▪ Angelia Drake, From the Heart Catering, Lexington
▪ Babz Goldman Nartowicz, Babz Bistro, Maysville
▪ Tanya Whitehouse, The Food Connection, Lexington
▪ Hannah Arvin, Holly Hill Inn, Lexington
▪ Molly Thompson Costello, Otto’s Restaurant Group , Covington
▪ Stephania Sharkey, Luna, Lexington
FEAST 2023
When: May 24, 6-9 p.m.
Where: Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike
Tickets: $150, eventbrite.com
