CHEFS ON TOUR TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA Share Our Strength’s A Tasteful Pursuit® is a national touring dinner series that features some of the nation’s most renowned chefs joining together to end childhood hunger in America. The chefs take their talents to top culinary cit-ies to create delicious, multi-course dinners at some of America’s finest dining establishments. Guests enjoy the chefs’ company and cuisine in an intimate setting, and have the opportunity to participate in live and silent auctions that include one-of-a-kind culinary, travel and lifestyle items. Since 2005, these events have raised more than $2 million to support No Kid Hungry™, Share Our Strength’s® national campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.

BRINGING TOGETHER A CULINARY “WHO’S WHO” The 2010 tour includes award-winning chefs from around the country, making stops in some of the nation’s top culinary cities. The 2010 roster includes:

• Daniel Boulud and Zach Bell of Café Boulud in Palm Beach, FL

• Thomas Keller of French Laundry in Napa Valley, CA

• Michael Symon of Lola Bistro in Cleveland, OH

• Michelle Bernstein of Michy’s in Miami, FL

• Charlie Palmer of Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, DC

• Stephan Pyles of Stephan Pyles Restaurant in Dallas, TX

• Terrance Brennan of Artisanal Bistro in New York City, NY

• Sean Brock of McCrady’s Restaurant in Charleston, SC

• Tyler Brown of The Capitol Grille at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, TN

• Don Yamauchi of Iridescence in Detroit, MI

• Bradford Thompson, James Beard Award Winner

• Gordon Hamersley of Hamersley’s Bistro in Boston, MA

• Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant and Bar in Boston, MA

• Bryan Voltaggio of VOLT in Frederick, MD

• Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 in Boston, MA

• Michael Laiskonis of Le Bernardin in New York City, NY

• David Reynoso of Al Forno in Providence, RI

• Celina Tio of Julian in Kansas City, MO

• Jacques Torres of Jacques Torres Chocolates in New York City, NY

For the most current event schedule, tickets or more information on the dinner series, please visit ATastefulPursuit.org.

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2010 PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS

Thank you to the 2010 host restaurants:

• Café Boulud Palm Beach, FL January 28

• Al Forno Providence, RI March 1

• The Hermitage Hotel Nashville, TN May 16

• Charlie Palmer Steak Washington, DC June 8

• Artisanal Bistro New York, NY June 14

• McCrady’s Restaurant Charleston, SC July 13

• Brasserie by Niche St. Louis, MO July 27

• Stephan Pyles Dallas, TX August 8

• IridescenceDetroit, MI August 16

• Hamersley’s Bistro Boston, MA September 13

• Canlis Seattle, WA September

• French Laundry Napa Valley, CA November 2

• SpiaggiaChicago, IL November 9

* Please note dates are subject to change

National Sponsor

WHO WE AREShare Our Strength®, a national nonprofit, is ending childhood hunger in America by connecting children with the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives. Through its No Kid Hungry™ campaign—a national effort to end childhood hunger in America by 2015—Share Our Strength ensures children in need are enrolled in effective federal nutrition programs, invests in community organizations fighting hunger, teaches families how to cook healthy meals on a budget, and builds public-private partnerships to end hunger, nationally and at the state level. Working closely with the culinary industry and relying on the strength of its volunteers, Share Our Strength hosts innovative culinary fundraising events and develops pioneering cause marketing campaigns that support No Kid Hungry. Visit Strength.org to get involved.

WHY FOCUS ON CHILDHOOD HUNGER? In the world’s wealthiest nation, no child should grow up hungry. Over the course of a year, nearly 17 million children in America worry about when their next meal will come. That’s almost one in four kids in America struggling with hunger.1

FINDING AND FEEDING KIDS WHERE THEY LIVE, LEARN, AND PLAYAt Share Our Strength, we see a future in which no child in America grows up hungry.

Through our No Kid Hungry campaign, we work with state, community and private sector leaders across the country to connect families facing hunger with the programs that can help them. Our focus is on long-term change, the difference between just feeding a child today and making sure that children in the United States never go hungry again.

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign gives more kids a healthy start to the day through school breakfast; ensures kids have food at home by helping eligible families enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps); and keeps kids fed outside of school hours by ensuring access to afterschool and summer meal programs. Another important component of the campaign is nutrition education. Share Our Strength teaches families how to cook healthy meals on a budget through Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline® program and by funding other nutrition education programs.

Nationally, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign provides leadership, raises awareness, and advocates for change that will end childhood hunger in America. Locally, Share Our Strength funds the most effective anti-hunger organizations and builds partnerships that bring together policymakers, non-profits, community groups, local governments and businesses to end child-hood hunger, state by state. To date, the No Kid Hungry campaign includes hundreds of nonprofit organizations, dozens of corporate sponsors, and five state partnerships: Washington, Florida, Maryland, Colorado, and the District of Columbia. We will have partnerships in 10 states by the end of 2010.

BEARING WITNESS

“THE ONLY MEALS THAT KIMBERLY WAS GUARANTEED WERE SERVED AT SCHOOL. ANYTIME WE HAD LEFTOVERS, SHE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THEM HOME. SHE’D WRAP IT UP AND TAKE IT HOME TO HER LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SHE WAS A SECOND GRADER TRYING TO MAKE SURE HER FAMILY GOT FED.”

- Kate, middle school teacher, San Antonio, Tex.

“FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAKE OUR LIVINGS FROM FEEDING PEOPLE, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME THAT IF WE ARE INVOLVED WITH ONLY ONE CHARITABLE ACTIVITY IT SHOULD BE HELPING FEED THOSE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO FEED THEMSELVES.” - Chef Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles Restaurant, Dallas, Tex., host chef for Dallas A Tasteful Pursuit.

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1Nord, M., Anderson, M., Carlson, S. Household Food Security in the United States, 2008. USDA ERR-83.