Chappaqua Cares: Empty Bowls with Chef Michael Psilakis

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Chappaqua Cares Empty Bowls with Chef Michael Psilakis: Tickets are now on sale for the Empty Bowls Westchester event with celebrity Chef Michael Psilakis. The event, produced by Chappaqua Cares, will be held on Sunday, November 15 at The Whippoorwill Club at 50 Whippoorwill Rd. in Armonk.

events_emptybowls_psilakis The Michael Psilakis Group owns five Greek restaurants including MP Taverna in Irvington, and Kefi and Fishtag on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Chef Psilakis has appeared on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America and The Best Thing I Ever Ate – hey Food Network bring this show back on Saturday mornings at 8am. Throughout his career he has garnered many awards including Chef of the Year by Esquire Magazine in 2008 and his Anthos Restaurant earned a coveted Michelin Star.

Empty Bowls was started in the early 90s by high school students in Bloomfield Hills, MI and has since been replicated by communities worldwide that raise money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. Communities work together to create handmade bowls and in exchange for a cash donation are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. In addition to the bowls created by local residents, Chappaqua Cares has solicited celebrity bowls for the occasion including a signed bowl from Pharell Williams that will be auctioned off at the event.

Chappaqua Cares is a 501C organization with a mission to connect local philanthropic organizations with area residents who want to help with fundraising, donation Events_empty_bowls_Pharell drives and other volunteer activities. Their partners include The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, The Pleasantville Cottage School, the Community Center of Northern Westchester, Open Door Family Medical Center and the Horace Greeley Scholarship Fund among others. It was founded by Chappaqua residents Dawn Greenberg and Jessica Reinmann. Dawn is also the founder of the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. Jessica is the founder of The Great Chappaqua Bake Sale that raises money for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.