Community Chef Thanksgiving Event for Caridad Gardens Residents at Hebron Village 

Eleven local chefs will join together to prepare a special Thanksgiving meal for Caridad Gardens residents, which is a jobs program using gardening to reintegrate formerly homeless Veterans into the workforce.

Each year, food enthusiast, comedian and writer, Jason Harris, organizes this special day with several returning participating Chefs to ensure that individuals who may have food insecurity are supported. In the past, he has coordinated meals for the LGBT Center of southern Nevada. The meals will be delivered and served at Noon on Thanksgiving Day at the non-profit organization. 

“There are so many charities that are doing good things in the community. At Caridad, they are helping people who have fallen on tough times get back out there. They not only offer people a place to live when they otherwise wouldn’t have one, but an opportunity to learn new skills that can help them in the workforce for the rest of their lives. On top of all that, the fact that many of these opportunities are in the culinary field makes this a great selection and hopefully some of the chefs who are contributing will find new people to employ!” – Jason Harris, Food Writer

Food from well-known local chefs included the traditional thanksgiving meal of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce.  

Meal Donations by Chefs and Restaurants include: 

Turkey – Echo & Rig – Sam Marvin

14-16 lb. Turkey, oven-ready, slathered with herb butter and stuffed with mirepoix & apples

Cranberry Sauce – Triple B (Brooks Brothers Burgers) – Scott Pajak

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with raspberries, French bread with whipped butter. 

Roasted butternut squash – Main St. Provisions – Jessica Perlstein

Charred parsnip and carrots, pearl onions, and sage, smoked chestnut pesto (chestnuts, pumpkin seeds, lemon, sage, roasted garlic) pomegranate seeds. 

Autumn harvest salad – The Summit Club – Geno Bernardo

Roasted Anjou pears, arugula, radicchio, Brussels sprouts, cranberry vinaigrette 

Rigatoni Genovese – La Strega – Gina Marinelli

Basil Pesto, Pine nuts, Lemon

Mac and Cheese, Green Bean Casserole – Esther’s Kitchen – James Trees

Truffled Mac and cheese with garlic breadcrumbs.

Green bean casserole with mushroom fonduta and crispy onions

Baked Beans – Big B’s BBQ – Natalia Badzjo & Brian Buechner

Smoke Brisket Baked Beans

Stuffing – Johnny C’s – Sam Brooks

Sweet and sour turkey sausage stuffing with Jalapeño Cranberry compote 

Mashed Potatoes – Valencia Gold – Jeffrey Weiss

Buttermilk, chive

Sweet Potatoes – Kitchen Table – Javier Chavez

S’mores sweet potato mash

Cobbler – Sticks Tavern – Trevor Garrett

Spiced apple cobbler with oat crumble

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