The 30th Anniversary Chef's Best Dinner & Auction on Monday attracted more than 700 guests and helped Food & Friends raise nearly $800,000 to provide medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling for adults and children with life-challenging illnesses.
If you couldn't make it this year, you can still enjoy the highlight videos, photos, and hear our special message from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden commemorating 30 years of Food & Friends' signature annual fundraising event.
Thank you to our sponsors for making the event a success!
Video Highlight Reel:
Video Message from First Lady Jill Biden:
Photo Highlights:
Media Coverage:
Jason Fraley. August 15, 2023.
"Food & Friends hosts 30th ‘Chef’s Best’ fundraiser to bring free meals to AIDS, cancer patients" WTOP Radio
Will O'Bryan. August 16, 2023.
"Carrie Stoltzfus: From Covid's worst to Chef's Best." Metro Weekly
Retrieved from: https://wtop.com/entertainment/2023/08/dc-nonprofit-food-friends-hosts-30th-chefs-best-fundraiser-to-bring-free-meals-to-aids-cancer-patients/
Will O'Bryan. August 16, 2023.
"Rasheed Abdurrahman serves more than 1.9 million meals a year" Metro Weekly
Retrieved from: https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/08/chef-rasheed-abdurrahman-serves-more-than-1-9-million-meals-a-year/
Daniel J. Sernovitz. August 17, 2023.
"Food & Friends to reboot Chef's Best fundraising event for first time since pandemic's start" Washington Business Journal
Retrieved from: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2023/08/17/chefs-best-resumes-after-covid-pause.html
August 18, 2023. Micha Greene
"Food & Friends Fetes 30th Anniversary of Chef’s Best" Washington Informer
Retrieved from: https://www.washingtoninformer.com/food-friends-fetes-30th-anniversary-of-chefs-best/
July 3, 2023. Jeannette Reyes
"National Eat Your Beans Day: this for a nutritious budget-friendly meal" Fox 5 D.C.
Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc11SSKp1VU
August 17, 2023. Byron Scott.
"Food & Friends delivers medically tailored meals to people in need" PGCTV
Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSnI3NDTFs