Chef Duff Goldman, Event Co-Chairs Michelle Scott and Michelle Mapes and Honorary Chair and President of ConAgra Foods Foundation Chris Kircher Chris & Susan Richardson and Jeanine & Travis Freeman
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Liz Olson and Scott Jochim
Denise Willers and Pam Galvin
Tara & Travis Stingley and Gary & Ellen Batenhorst
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February 25th, the Food Bank for the Heartland’s 9th annual Celebrity Chef fundraiser, presented by ConAgra Foods and sponsored by The Hawks Foundation, turned out to be the Food Bank’s biggest and best in multiple ways. The event featuring Duff Goldman, star of the Food Network’s hit TV series Ace of Cakes, not only drew a sellout crowd of 1,000 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center at 72nd and Grover in Omaha but it also raised in excess of $250,000 for the Food Bank. Last year’s event with Chef Cat Cora raised $200,000.