26th Annual Chef's Feast gala returns, donations still needed

By Lowcountry Food Bank / Images by Chrisman Studios

Event tickets are sold out, but Lowcountry Food Bank needs donations to ensure our neighbors who experience food insecurity will have access to healthy food throughout 2025.

 26th annual Chefs' Feast gala will be held on Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., at the Trident Technical College Thornley Campus at 7000 Rivers Avenue in North Charleston.

More than 400 community partners and guests are expected to attend to unite our community in pursuit of equitable, dignified, and consistent access to food. All proceeds from Chefs' Feast support Lowcountry Food Bank's childhood hunger programs. To become a Chefs' Feast event sponsor, visit theLowcountry Food Bank Chefs' Feast web page,or call 843-747-8146 ext. 170. Event tickets are sold out, but Lowcountry Food Bank needs donations to ensure our neighbors who experience food insecurity will have access to healthy food throughout 2025.



Presented byAtlas Techand hosted byDave Williams, ABC News 4 Chief MeteorologistChefs' Feast is a collaboration between the Lowcountry Food Bank and more than 30 of the community's most celebrated chefs, who will serve delectable bites for guests to enjoy. Guests can also indulge in a hosted bar, participate in a live auction and meet the Lowcountry's own celebrity chefs as they serve up signature dishes.

For the eighth consecutive year, Chef Jacques Larson, Executive Chef of the Obstinate Daughter and Wild Olive, will serve as Chefs' Feast Lead Chef. Chef Robert Carter founded Chefs' Feast in 1999, and the event has become one of Charleston's largest charitable events.

Unfortunately, one in five children in the Lowcountry experiences food insecurity.

The slate of participating 2024 Chefs' Feast restaurants includes 82 Queen, Aramark at College of Charleston, Barnyard Chicken, Burwell's Stone Kitchen, Cane Pazzo, Church & Union & The Tempest, Circa 1886, Cru Catering, Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College, Duvall Catering and Events, The Establishment, Felix Cocktails et Cuisine, Hank's Seafood, Fleet Landing, Frannie & the Fox, Jackrabbit Filly & King BBQ, Kultura, Kwei Fei & Beautiful South, Lowcountry Food Bank, Magnolia's, Martin's BBQ, Millers All Day, Oak Steakhouse, Obstinate Daughter, Red Drum Restaurant, The River Course at Kiawah Island Club, Roxa, Salthouse Catering, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Resort, SNOB, Swig & Swine, Talucci's, Vern's, Wild Olive.

"Our annual Chefs' Feast event is the ideal venue to support our mission to unite our community in pursuit of equitable, dignified, and consistent access to food," said Nick Osborne, Lowcountry Food Bank President and CEO. "In 2025, food prices, and basic, monthly expenses like rent and gasoline are still high, so we need community support to ensure that our childhood programs will provide the needed resources to our neighbors who need food assistance. We want to ensure that the neighbors we serve receive the dignity and respect they deserve, so they, too, can be active participants and contributors to a nourished and thriving coastal South Carolina."

Unfortunately, one in five children in the Lowcountry experiences food insecurity. For 26 years, LCFB has depended on Chefs' Feast to fund itschildhood hunger programs.Proceeds from Chefs' Feast benefit Kids Café, Backpack Buddies, School Market, School Pantry and Summer Meals - which alleviate after-school, weekend and summer hunger for children.

To learn more about how you can support a nourished coastal South Carolina, visit theLowcountry Food Bank website.Event attire is Black Tie.

About the Lowcountry Food Bank: Feed. Advocate. Empower.

The Lowcountry Food Bank serves the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina and distributed more than 43 million pounds of food in 2024. The Lowcountry Food Bank helps fight hunger by distributing food to 240+ partner agencies including on-site meal programs, homeless shelters and emergency food pantries. The Lowcountry Food Bank advocates on behalf of those who experience hunger and helps empower people to make healthy and nutritious food choices. For more information, visit theLowcountry Food Bank website.