Share our Strength's Taste of the Nation

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About Share Our Strength:
Share Our Strength is a national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger, and surround them with nutritious food where they live, learn and play. We work with the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs like Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale®, Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline® and Share Our Strength’s A Tasteful Pursuit®.

Generous support from national sponsors SYSCO Corporation and Food Network, American Express, Brown-Forman, S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, and local sponsors Grey Goose Vodka, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.) ensure that 100 percent of ticket proceeds go to Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in America.

With more than 12 million children facing hunger in America, Taste of the Nation events promotes awareness of Share Our Strength’s efforts across the nation. The funds raised through Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation support the most effective organizations that feed hungry children, as well as advocates that are pursuing long-term solutions to the challenge of hunger, both locally and nationally.

“An end to childhood hunger in the United States is within reach,” said Bill Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share Our Strength. With all the participants in Taste of the Nation Dallas sharing their strengths, we are creating more resources for the greater good of Dallas and our great nation.”

For more information, please visit www.strength.org.

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This article does the best job in capturing the effects of the economy on hunger, on using statistics and numbers and on painting the picture of rising hunger and food insecurity in the country.

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Update: Chef RJ Cooper of Washington DC Hotspot Vidalia Joins In 21st annual Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Dallas.
Read the release, see participating restaurants and more here ...

On this page: TASTE OF THE NATION KICKS OFF!


Chef RJ Cooper of Washington DC Hotspot Vidalia	Chef John Tesar, Chef Chair; Terri Provencal, Event Chair; Carmaleta Whiteley, Honorary Chair. Not pictured is Stephan Pyles, Honorary Chef.

Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® the foodie event known for raising critical funds to end childhood hunger kicked off at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek on January 15th, 2009 sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka.

Chef John Tesar who serves on the Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation Culinary Council will serve as chef chair. Tesar will lead his fellow chefs in this exclusive gastronomic event. “For $5000 you will experience a culinary event like no other. One table of ten and your very own celebrity chef for the entire evening serving you course after course all in an effort to end childhood hunger in North Texas,” said chef chair John Tesar. Guests will enjoy a seated dinner prepared by one of these legendary chefs paired with wines. Tables of ten will range from $5,000 to $10,000 for a four-course dinner. Or go Dutch treat for $500 per person and invite friends!


Carmaleta Whiteley, Honorary Chair; Robert Weatherly	Michael and Wendy Jenkins	Shirley Dunn Hanks; Vinnie Deegan


Linda and Steve Ivy; Barbara Daseke	Jill Goldberg, Jaclyn Braddy, Kelly Braddy, Heidi Dillon


Joyce Fox; John and Patty Jo Turner	Bret McKinney; Jan Strimple


Roger Koen, Ramon Longoria	Sandra Witten; Dena Miller


Carole Ann Brown, Carmen Glenn	Rick Turner; Dedie Leahy	Lynn Townwsend Dealey


Vicky and Steven Bock	Sebastien Delalande, Gaelle Anginot	Mary Potter; Bernice Meyerson


Terri Provencal, Event Chair; John Reoch	Lindsay Jacaman; Bret McKinney; Elaine Raffel


Claire Winslow; Lanay Bielert	Amy Donovan; Max Trowbridge; Krista Tankersley


Jim O’Reilly; Steven Pounders	Pat Holder, Joseph Willmon


Jo and Dean Guerin	Jack and Doris Jacobs

“Hunger is senseless,” said Terri Provencal, event chair. “In Texas, 24.3% of children are at-risk of hunger that means that tonight they might not have a meal to eat. In Dallas, almost 22% of households live in poverty. That means that everyone in this room is extremely fortunate and we need to help,” Provencal stated. Along with Chef Tesar other participating chefs and their restaurants will include long time supporter honorary chef Stephan Pyles as well as Kent Rathbun, Dean Fearing, Jason Weaver, Sharon Hage, Tim Love and more. Taste of the Nation Dallas® will raise the critical funds needed to support the national organization’s efforts to end childhood hunger in Dallas and across America. The area charities benefiting from this year’s event include the North Texas Food Bank, Wilkinson Center and Center for Public Policy Priorities.

Invited guests had first pick between the twenty chefs participating in this year’s Taste of the Nation Dallas on Sunday May 17th at Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.)

As guests nibbled on Mansion fare including foie gras fritters Linda and Steve Ivy immediately placed their hold on Chef John Tesar’s table while Kenneth Craighead and Steve Green, owners of Craighead Green Gallery snatched up Kent Rathbun’s table, Faye Briggs purchased Dean Fearing’s table and Shirley Dunn Hanks purchased the Charlie Palmer table led by Chef Scott Romano.

Carmaleta Whitely will serve as honorary chair. Though Chef Tesar is no longer with the Rosewood Mansion he remains as chef chair for this gastronomic event. Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek will continue to support the event through their donation of $1 for every bottle of water sold from now until the event.

The kick-off event was sponsored by Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and Grey Goose®. The area charities benefiting from this year’s event include the North Texas Food Bank, Wilkinson Center and Center for Public Policy Priorities. Since its inception 20 years ago, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million for organizations in the United States, Canada and abroad.

Update: Chef RJ Cooper of Washington DC Hotspot Vidalia Joins In 21st annual Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Dallas. Read the release, see participating restaurants and more here ...

Update: Chef RJ Cooper of Washington DC Hotspot Vidalia Joins In 21st annual Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Dallas.
Read the release, see participating restaurants and more here ...