The Alchemy Project: a farm dinner benefiting local foundation helping patients of a rare blood disorder

THE ALCHEMY PROJECT: NEW DINING CONCEPT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO EAT AND GIVE BACK


Transforming the senses with a dining event benefiting Julia’s Wings Foundation and bringing awareness to a rare blood disease


Sherman, CT, June 18, 2018– The Alchemy Project will host a charity dining event with some of the nation’s luminary chefs preparing a five-course dinner on Saturday, June 30, at the charming Clocktower Farm, in Sherman, Conn. Using local and seasonal products, this ultimate dining event is for food enthusiasts and benefits the Julia’s Wings Foundation.
Participating chefs are:

  • Rich Parente, Clock Tower Grill, Brewster (host)
  • Ned Elliott, Foreign & Domestic, Austin, Austin, TX
  • Steve Goff, Chef, Partner, The Blind Pig Supper Club/Aux Bar
  • Mike Moore, Chef, Partner, The Blind Pig Supper Club/Aux Bar, Asheville, NC
  • David Santos, Good Stock & Um Segredo Supper Club, NYC

“Not only is this dining experience sure to ‘transform the senses,’ but we're bringing awareness about aplastic anemia, a condition when the body stops producing enough new blood cells to stay healthy. This does not get the research attention like more well-known diseases. If it wasn’t for the inspirational story behind Julia’s Wings then we wouldn’t have even known about this rare disease,” event host and co-founder of The Alchemy Project Rich Parente said.
The alchemy of culinary talent and savvy marketing is how The Alchemy Project came to be. A trio of longtime friends – Parente and his wife, Cassie Parente, owners of the Clock Tower Grill, along with Laura Lee Holmbo, marketing consultant and owner of LL & Co – created The Alchemy Project as a way of getting people together for “transformative tasting experiences” that also give back to someone in need.
“Alchemy Project seeks to redefine the dining experience by bringing together chefs to create a tasting menu that transforms the diner’s senses. Our giving strategy is to build bonds through an extraordinary meal that raises funds and awareness for a worthy local cause,” Holmbo says. “For our upcoming farm dinner, our particular goal is to raise awareness about the important work that Julia’s Foundation does to help with supporting aplastic anemia research and helping families who are faced with exorbitant treatment costs when treating this rare blood disease.
Details for the event are as follows:
• June 30, Wine + Beer + Appetizers, 5-6pm; Dinner, 6pm
• Clocktower Farm, 126 Route 39 North, Sherman, CT 06784
• Tickets are $150 and can be purchased via thealchemyprojectfarmdinner.eventbrite.com
• Space limited
• Contact: TAP@llandcompany.com or 914.374.0633

About JULIA’S WINGS FOUNDATION
The Julia’s Wings Foundation (JWF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission of honoring Julia Malsin by providing assistance to families of children with the life threatening hematological diseases; aplastic anemia, MDS and PNH, raising awareness of these diseases, and funding medical research.
About THE ALCHEMY PROJECT
EATING TOGETHER. GIVING BACK. The Alchemy Project is a group of chef talent coming together to deliver a feast that transforms the senses. It is the primal act of bringing people to together and building bonds with an extraordinary meal.
Participating chefs vary based on dining experience. All “Alchemy” chef participants share the commonality of being experts in their craft. Although they have a blast delivering you exceptional dining experiences, these chefs are offering their own time for no compensation. We encourage you to patronize each chef in her or his eatery.
Longtime friends Cassie and Rich Parente of Clock Tower Grill and Laura Lee Holmbo of LL & Co. created the project by doing what they love to do the most – feeding people amazing food and giving back to someone in need. The Alchemy Project is available for charity, private and pop-up dining events.
With each dining experience, The Alchemy Project gives back. After all, that’s what it's all about.
al·che·my: a power or process that changes or transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way
Links:
https://eattogethergiveback.com
https://thealchemyprojectfarmdinner.eventbrite.com
https://www.instagram.com/thealchemyprojecthv
https://www.facebook.com/THEALCHEMYPROJECTHUDSONVALLEY
https://www.juliaswings.org/
If you would like more information, please contact Emily Sneyd at 914.374.0633 or email at TAP@llandcompany.com.

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Submitted by New Fairfield, CT

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