We have noticed that many of the corporate groups we have met at Savvy have been incorporating some component of volunteer work into their trips to New Orleans. Poppy Tooker likes to call this phenomenon "culinary voluntourism" when the volunteer event involves food. To my knowledge, we were the first organization to formally offer a culinary voluntourism event with the Windsor Court Hotel. One group that we really enjoyed working with was the executive team from Legal Seafoods restaurants. Savvy hosted the executive chefs from 30 or so restaurants earlier this year. The chefs participated in a cooking class with Poppy, prepared several dishes, and then brought the food out to their colleagues who were volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity site. Legal Sea Foods enjoyed the experience so much, the invited Poppy to do a benefit at their Boca Raton restaurant to benefit New Orleans Restaurant Renewal Fund. The fund, started by our friends at Viking Range Corporation, is dedicated to supporting New Orleans restaurant workers in the form of grants and other assistance.
Poppy tells me that Legal Sea Foods raised $10,000.00 from the event! Click here to see a television promo she did for the dinner.
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