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End Childhood Hunger in America
No Kid Hungry Dinner Atlanta
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Empire State South
999 Peachtree Street NE, #140
Atlanta, GA 30309
5:30pm - Cocktail Reception
6:30pm - Multi-Course Seated Dinner and Live Auction
HOST CHEF
Ryan Smith, Empire State South, Atlanta, GA
GUEST CHEFS
Ashley Christensen, Poole's Diner, Raleigh, NC
Aaron Deal, The River and Rail, Roanoke, VA
Josh Keeler, Two Boroughs Larder, Charleston, SC
Michael Schwartz, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Miami, FL
Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® dinners are hosted by the nation’s finest restaurants, with renowned chefs joining together to prepare a multi-course meal with a cause: ending childhood hunger in America. Guests enjoy legendary meals, learn more about the work of Share Our Strength in an intimate setting, and have the opportunity to participate in auctions that include one-of-a-kind culinary, travel and lifestyle items.
Since 2005, Share Our Strength dinners have raised nearly $5 million to support Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to end childhood hunger in America, ensuring that kids across our country have access to the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives.
Tickets are no longer available online. If you're interested in purchasing tickets, please contact Allison Palestrini at apalestrini@strength.org or 770-436-5151. Thank you!
Through our 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 federal nutrition programs, invests in community organizations fighting hunger, teaches families how to cook healthy, affordable meals, and builds innovative public-private partnerships to end hunger, nationally and at the state and city levels.
Click 'More' above for a special transportation offer, courtesy of 
Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith is the Executive Chef of Empire State South. Originally from State College, Pennsylvania, Smith has called Atlanta home for the last 10 years. Ryan took an interest in cooking while in school and working in the kitchens at Penn State University. He quickly decided that cooking would be his career and chose to attend The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Ryan received his degree in 2000 and was drawn to Atlanta by a fellow chef, who heralded the emerging national fascination with Southern cuisine.
Since his arrival in Atlanta, Ryan has worked in some of the city's most prominent restaurants including: Bacchanalia under James-Beard Award Winner, Anne Quatrano, Canoe and most recently with Food & Wine's Best New Chef & James Beard nominee Linton Hopkins as Chef de Cuisine in Hopkin's Restaurant Eugene and Holeman & Finch. While working with a handful of Atlanta's best chefs, Ryan gained great experience and a sincere fondness for the history and traditions of the Southeast.
In 2010, the four-time James Beard nominee and Chef/Partner of Empire State South, Hugh Acheson named Ryan Smith the Executive Chef of Empire State South. "Ryan is natural chef with refreshing ideas and a great respect for this region and the Atlanta community," says Hugh, "I look forward to seeing his career grow at Empire State South."
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Ashley Christensen | Aaron Deal |
Josh Keeler |
Michael Schwartz |
For the past twenty years Billy Harris has been wowing audiences around the world. A cousin of Vaudeville great Georgie Jessel, Billy has been performing his entire life. By the tender age of five and a half, he understood how to "work a room"!
Our chefs are being chauffered around Atlanta in style, courtesy of Uber.
Uber is a mobile app that allows you to request a private black car at the touch of a button, letting you ride in style, class, and convenience. Simply download the app from iTunes or GooglePlay, set up an account, and you are ready to travel like a foreign ambassador! Your private driver will arrive in 10 minutes, and cash is unnecessary because your credit card gets charged automatically for your all-inclusive ride. The mobile app that lets you order black car service in one click. A private driver in minutes? It doesn't get classier than that.
Uber is partnering with Share Our Strength for our No Kid Hungry Atlanta Dinner and offering a special offer for our guests!
2 FREE rides for New Users Only (up to $30/ride). Valid from Nov 11, 6pm - Nov 12, 4AM only to/from Empire State South.
CODE: NoKidHungry
Visit http://bit.ly/oamv3N for step-by-step instructions on requesting a car and http://bit.ly/P1eNp8 for details on applying your promotion code for the evening.
