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YES Chef!
Food Bank for the Heartland Celebrity Chef Fundraiser
CHEF GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN, EMCEE BRANDI PETERSEN AND ERIC HAUGEN
ANDY ULRICH AND RYAN EBERHART WITH HOLLY AND HENRY VALDES
A sell-out crowd of 950 guests was treated to an evening of food and fun at Food Bank for the Heartland’s 14th annual Celebrity Chef fundraiser on March 12, 2015. The event raised $300,000 to help feed children, families and seniors in need across the Food Bank’s 93-county service area. Restaurateur, television star and author Geoffrey Zakarian charmed the audience and showcased his talents during a culinary presentation at the event. He demonstrated recipes for an Omaha Steaks rib crown steak with chickpea tartare, brown rice crab cake and pine nut and pomegranate salad then presented the dishes to guests seated at the special tasting table on stage. Zakarian is an award-winning chef who is a host on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America, Chopped and The Kitchen.
JEFF AND RENEE ZACHARIA WITH JILL AND MATT MCCLURE
JOAN SQUIRES AND ALAN POTASH
Presented by ConAgra Foods with KETV serving as the media sponsor, Celebrity Chef was held at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in La Vista. Food Bank board member Sally Christensen was the event chair. KETV Newswatch 7 anchor Brandi Petersen was the Celebrity Chef emcee. Funds raised at Celebrity Chef help Food Bank for the Heartland continue its mission of providing emergency and supplemental food to the people in need in Nebraska and western Iowa. During 2014, the Food Bank distributed 15.5 million pounds of food. Last year’s Celebrity Chef raised more than $290,000.
RENEE FOX, SHANNON AND MIKE KOTLARZ WITH JANNA PETERSON
CALVIN JONES, MELEA HEADLEY AND JOE HODGES
More information: www.FoodBankHeartland.org
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SUSANNE SHORE, LYNN OLDENHUIS, GAYLE SMITH AND MARRHA SHORE
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