Mar. 2, 2021 – The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma will host Chefs’ Feast: A Virtual Legacy March 8-13. The virtual event will honor the commitment made by local chefs for decades by raising money for the Regional Food Bank’s Food for Kids Programs.

For 32 years, the Regional Food Bank has hosted Chefs’ Feast, an annual food-tasting event, to raise money for its Food for Kid Programs. The event typically features more than 20 local chefs sharing their expertise by offering delicious food during the event. With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, the Regional Food Bank opted to make this year’s event virtual.

“While we would love to host an in-person event this year and show off the generosity and talents of the chef community, we have opted to err on the side of caution due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stacy Dykstra, chief executive officer of the Regional Food Bank. “We encourage everyone to join us throughout the week as we virtually share memories from past events, highlight our past participating chefs and, most importantly, raise money to fight childhood hunger in Oklahoma.”

One in four Oklahoma children live with food insecurity. The Regional Food Bank’s Food for Kids Programs play an active role in fighting childhood hunger throughout 53 counties in central and western Oklahoma. In the last school year, the programs provided food assistance to 36,995 chronically hungry children.

The Regional Food Bank encourages participants to visit rfbo.org/chefsfeast where they can participate in Chefs’ Feast: A Virtual Legacy in the following ways:

• Honor the commitment of the chefs who have made Chefs’ Feast a success in the past by making a financial donation. A $100 donation will help support a child in one of the Food for Kids Programs for one year.
• Enter to win a prize package through a raffle. This year’s raffle includes $25 raffle baskets full of fun date night items and $100 raffle items such as a $2,000 BC Clark Jewelers gift card.
• Donate a school pantry pack. These packs help to stock the shelves at school pantries in the Regional Food Bank’s School Pantry Program. Visit rfbo.org/chefsfeast to learn what goes into the packs and how to drop off your donations.

Chefs’ Feast: A Virtual Legacy is made possible thanks to supporting sponsor Devon Energy. Throughout the week, supporting media sponsor the “This is Oklahoma” podcast will feature interviews with local chefs who will share the history of Chefs’ Feast and why chefs donated their time and talents to the event each year. Subscribe to “This is Oklahoma” to catch the interviews or follow the Regional Food Bank on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to catch snippets of the interviews.

Learn more about how to donate, create a school pantry pack and enter the raffle at rfbo.org/chefsfeast.