Food Porn for a Cause

by Rachel Nash Perlow

A little while ago, one of OTB’s friends in BBQ, Rob Wheaton, asked us to come and check out a catering gig he was doing. It was a fundraiser for his church’s mission for Habitat for Humanity.  A group from the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township (NJ) is heading to South Dakota this summer to help make improvements at the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. The theme for the dinner was Native American foods, and it featured buffalo and salmon, as well as “fry bread.”

The Green Village Fire Department generously donated their building to host the event. What a bucolic setting. This is the view out the kitchen door.

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When we arrived, Rob was running a bit behind so I stepped in to help out where I could. Here’s Chef Rob explaining the menu and event to me.

The food for kids featured a taco bar, using Fry Bread as the shell. Plenty of adults helped themselves to the kids food, which also included Buffalo Sliders.

Food for the adults included Crab stuffed Salmon en Croute, as well as Coconut Salmon, Buffalo Chili with Cornbread and Roast Beef with Horseradish sauce.

While all the food was excellent, the purpose of the evening was to raise money for the church’s mission to join the Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity. The dinner portion raised over $10,000! Way to go Rob! And, that’s not even including the money raised by the silent auction.

If you’d like to help out this worthy cause, click here for more information about the project, or you may send donations to these addresses:

Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township, 240 Southern Blvd., Chatham, NJ 07928, memo line: Summer Mission Trip;

or

Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity, PO Box 670, Eagle Butte, SD  57625.

For a slideshow of all the event photos by Jason Perlow, click here.

Click here to contact Rob Wheaton about catering.