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Benefit for Chef Quan Tran

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Chef Quan Tran, the former executive chef at Tamarind, was diagnosed with stomach cancer last March. Since then he’s been through the ringer with Chemo and surgery. As if that weren’t enough to deal with, Chef Tran’s insurance will run out on December 1. To help Chef Tran pay for his treatment and afford his COBRA payments, Chef Dominique Macquet and many others in the New Orleans bar and restaurant scene are pulling together. For more details, here’s the official release:

Please join us on Monday, Dec. 17th at 6:00 p.m. for a benefit for Chef Quan Tran, hosted by Chef Dominique Macquet. Quan has been battling stomach cancer since March. To complicate matters, his insurance will end on Dec. 1st. Together, we can help Quan to get the treatment he needs, and assist him and his family during this difficult time. (Please see below for price and ticket purchase info!)

An array of New Orleans’ top chefs and mixologists have already signed on, including Rene Bajeux of Rene Bistrot, Brian Landry of Borgne, Tory McPhail of Commanders Palace, Alon Shaya of Domenica, and Matt Murphy of The Irish House. On the mixologist side, Abigail Gullo of SoBou, Ian Julien of Dominique’s on Magazine, and Nick Detrich of Cure will be stirring it up. This promises to be a fantastic evening in a beautiful venue, the always wonderful Le Fôret (129 Camp Street at the corner of Common).

You can also play Santa for Quan’s three children, as the family will need some extra help with Christmas this year. If you would like to donate a gift or clothing, please contact Chef Dominique (604-292-2319), Wendy Macquet (504-261-8253) or Elizabeth Porter (347-610-0409). Gifts and clothing can be dropped off at the event.

There are so many ways you can personally make a difference for this wonderful man and his family this holiday season. Let’s get together and do what New Orleanians do best: surround those members of our community who need it with our love and support.

Tickets are $125 (all inclusive) and can be purchased by calling Le Fôret at 504-553-6738. ONLY 150 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, so be sure to call and reserve your place!

I know any assistance is deeply appreciated by Chef Dominique and the Tran family – please let me know if you’d like to help, and please do forward this on to anyone else you think might be interested! I created a Facebook event with all this information on it, as well, so people can visit that as a resource. (https://www.facebook.com/events/491604267546819/)

Benefits for Chef Nathanial Zimet

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By now,you’re likely all too familiar with the horrible tragedy involving Chef Nathanial Zimet. In case you don’t know, the much beloved man behind the Purple Truck and Boucherie has been shot multiple times in an apparent armed robbery attempt (Nola.com article here). As a result of this act of senseless violence, Chef Nathanial is going to have some outrageous medical expenses. In an attempt to help the man that has brought so many wonderful things to our bellies, we’re compiling a list of all the currently known benefits organized to help defray these costs. Please participate early and often!

1. Donate at any New Orleans branch of Capital One;

2. Drink wine at Brigtsen’s on Thursday night, as 100% of bottled wine sales will be donated;

3. Order from Pizza Delicious this Thursday or Sunday, as 20% of all proceeds will be donated;

4. The Beer Buddha will be putting together a beer tasting benefit. Beers not Bullets will be kicking off on June 24th at NOLA Brewing Brewery. More details here;

5. As the boys over at Blackened Out have suggested, go eat at Boucherie which re-opened on May 24;

6. Saltwater Grill has promised to donate 100% of sales from Bananas Foster on Wednesday & Thursday this week;

7. Taceaux Loceaux is donating a portion of their sales from this weekend to the cause;

8. Adolfo Garcia is putting 100% gross sales on Rio Mar ‘s wine, href=”http://www.labocasteaks.com/” target=”_blank”>La Boca & a Mano‘s crafted pasta dishes, this Thursday June 2 (Now confirmed by Judy Walker of the TP);

9. It looks like the good people over at La Petite Grocery and Patois are organizing a local cooking event. If you’re a chef that is interested in participating, contact them at chefs4nathanial at gmail dot com;

10. The Velvet Espresso Bar is offering to donate all sales of teacakes made after 4:00 pm for the rest of the month;

11. Three Muses is donating the proceeds from the sale of certain menu items. Look for the delightful purple truck to let you know which ones;

12. July 10th starting at 5:00 pm, the Howlin Wolf will have a benefit called Beasts & Brass. Details will be updated as they emerge;

13. Not sure if this is in connected to the Howlin Wolf benefit, but Boucherie is accepting item donations for a benefit their putting on. If interested in donating, contact them via email at benefit4nathanial at gmail dot com;

14. This Saturday, Bookoo BBQ is donating a portion of all BBQ sales. Bookoo BBQ is located in Finn McCools;

15. Boucherie is establishing a paypal account to allow people to donate directly. You can donate and see other benefits planned for Nathanial on the website setup by Boucherie here;

16. Geaux Plates is donating a portion of all proceeds from this weekend;

17. This Sunday Bacchanal will be donating 10% of all food and wine sales towards the recovery of Chef Nathaniel Zimet. The Cuisine of Chef will be Ryan Haigler of Emeril’s Delmonico (Thanks to Nick Young for the tip);

18. Through Sunday, June 5, Cure will be donating a portion of proceeds from their punch;

19. Until July 1, La Petite Grocery will donate proceeds of all sales of their kick ass Abita Root Beer short ribs;

20. This Saturday, June 11, Dirty Coast is donating 10% of sales;

21. Hanson’s Sno-bliz is also donating 10% of sales on June 11.

That’s all we’ve gotten wind of so far, if you know of anything else please leave it in the comments or send us an email. We’ll do our best to let everyone know as soon as we get more info.

While not a benefit for Nathanial, Ted Wright of Fizz Corp. has pledged to match up to $1,000 for all donations made between now and June 1. Kudos to Ted and Fizz Corp.