Last night, I participated in a fund raising event benefiting the Saint Francis Service Dog Foundation here in Roanoke. It is just a wonderful cause and it is always great to have a group of chef's get together to pull off a wonderful dinner for a great group of people and dogs which make a difference in peoples lives!
Tonight, I am checking around the net and happen to pull up an article about the event and I am very disappointed to read what Nona Nelson from The Roanoke Times had to say about the event. I am not bashing her and the comments others had to say in her article but I do not think she understands and gets what this was all about; to be even slightly critical of what the chefs had to prepare is a bit naive.
All of the chefs that participate in this are business owners, business men, and have very busy schedules; not to mention family and personal lives. It takes hours and hours to prep for an event like this. Many of us donated product with money out of our own pockets as well as the time invested to make all of this happen. I just do not think this was the stage to be hyper critical about the food served. If she did not like what I had to prepare for this, that is fine and I can live with that but I think she unjustly criticised Scott Lockhart from Horizon Bar and Grill. He is a wonderful chef and did his very best to put out some great looking and tasting food for all. I am sure she is right on some points she made but Chef Lockhart should be praised for the effort he put into this dinner, as well as all of the chefs. I say BRAVO to you all!
That is all I have to say about that!
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