Lowcountry Food Bank Announces its 23rd Annual Chefs’ Feast to Fight Childhood Hunger

Hosted by ABC News 4 Chief Meteorologist Dave Williams, Chefs’ Feast is a collaboration between the Lowcountry Food Bank and more than 30 of the community’s most celebrated chefs, who will serve tasty bites for guests to enjoy. Guests can also indulge in a hosted bar, participate in a live auction, and meet the Lowcountry’s celebrity chefs as they serve up signature dishes.

For the sixth consecutive year, Chef Jacques Larson, Executive Chef of the Obstinate Daughter and Wild Olive, will serve as Chefs’ Feast Lead Chef. Lowcountry Food Bank Executive Chef Emily Cookson will serve as the event’s VIP chef. Chef Robert Carter founded Chefs’ Feast in 1999, and the event has become one of Charleston’s largest charitable events.

The slate of participating 2023 Chefs’ Feast restaurants includes Acme Lowcountry Kitchen, Aramark, Belmond – Charleston Place, Charleston Chocolatiers, Chez Nous, Chubby Fish, Circa 1886, Cru Café and Catering, Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College, Edmund’s Oast, 82 Queen, Fleet Landing, The Grocery, Hank’s Seafood, Indigo Road, Jalisco, KISS Café, Kwei Fei, Lowcountry Food Bank, Magnolia’s, Obstinate Daughter, Relish Restaurant Group, The River Course – Kiawah Island Club, Salthouse Catering, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Resort, SNOB, St Honore Pastry, Swig & Swine, and Vern’s.

“At Chefs’ Feast this year, we celebrate Lowcountry Food Bank’s 40th year of operations and continue to bring awareness to hunger issues,” said Nick Osborne, Lowcountry Food Bank President and CEO. “We continue to adapt, expand, and innovate to ensure we create sustainable solutions that meet the needs of our neighbors who face hunger.”

For 24 years, LCFB has depended on Chefs’ Feast to fund its childhood hunger programs. Proceeds from Chefs’ Feast benefit Kids Café, Backpack Buddies, School Market, School Pantry and Summer Meals – which alleviate after-school, weekend and summer hunger for children.

Unfortunately, one in five children in the Lowcountry experiences food insecurity. Through support from Chefs’ Feast and community partners, the Lowcountry Food Bank distributed last year more than 115,000 Kids Cafe meals to after-school sites, more than 79,000 pounds of fresh produce to children and their families at after-school Kids Cafe and Pop-Up produce sites, and more than 105,000 BackPack Buddies packs during the school year.

Their School Pantry Program distributed more than 5,200, 25-pound boxes of shelf-stable food boxes to students and their families during the school year. More than 100,000 pounds of food and essential products were distributed through their School Market program. More than 20,000 meals were distributed to children at Summer Food Service Program sites when kids had no access to school meals during the summer.

To learn more about how you can join the fight against hunger, visit the Lowcountry Food Bank website. Event attire is Cocktail or Black Tie.