L.A. Kitchen is an organization in Los Angeles that aims to eliminate food waste, hunger, and reduce unemployment.
L.A. Kitchen is encouraging Angelenos take a stand and participate in a city-wide party to raise awareness and fight food waste, hunger and unemployment.
Shared Plates is the L.A Kitchen anti-gala. It’s a weekend of dinner parties for good that invites thousands of Angelenos to sit around the table in their backyards, restaurants, business and schools.
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100% of the ticket sales help in feeding LA’s homeless and senior population, offering culinary job training to the formerly incarcerated or formerly homeless and towards diverting thousands of pounds of food that would have otherwise gone to waste.
Photo courtesy of L.A. Kitchen
Over the weekend of October 5 – 7, 2018, anyone can host a Shared Plates party. Hosts choose their menu, set their own ticket price and simply invite guests to attend. Every host will receive a Shared Plates Host Kit featuring table decorations, special discounts and recipes. In addition, they can attend the VIP Host Reception on September 12th.
Now in its third year, the 2017 Shared Plates campaign provided over 100 dinners arranged by participating restaurants and private individuals, engaging 1,000 Angelenos for the cause. The event has contributed over $120,000 to the L.A. Kitchen for its services to those in need.
“This is our 3rd year of Shared Plates. We love that more and more people from across the region are hosting simple dinners in their homes to support L.A. Kitchen. We love that there’s no age, income or geographic barriers to our event….anybody can be a host, anyone can participate, and everyone can benefit. This is food democracy,” Robert Egger, L.A. Kitchen Founder & CEO
“Best party of the year.” – Chef Jose Andres
For more information on L.A. Kitchen visit https://www.lakitchen.org/