Charleston's Celebrity Chefs Are Smokin' at the Joe
Published on April 3, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston RiverDogs News Release
CHARLESTON, SC - The City of Charleston, the clear No. 1 destination city in America, is famous for many things, both historical and current. One of the premier aspects of the Holy City is the many top-rated restaurants located here.
Leave it to the Charleston RiverDogs to come up with the combo platter that also includes philanthropy.
The RiverDogs, the Class-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, are teaming with some of Charleston's best chefs to host a season-long "Smokin' Chef" food item for a selected game during a homestand throughout the five-month season. The chef will be at the game and stationed by the RiverDogs' new smoker and will promote the specific dish, ensure that it is being served appropriately and visit with our fans.
In addition, the RiverDogs will donate a portion of the proceeds from the smoked item to the Lowcountry Food Bank. The Lowcountry Food Bank was founded in 1983 as a clearinghouse for donated food items that strives to end hunger in coastal South Carolina. The Lowcountry Food Bank collects, inspects, maintains, and distributes otherwise wasted food products from manufacturers, food distributors, the government, supermarkets, wholesalers along with farmers to redistribute these food products to a grassroots network of over 320 member agencies providing hunger-relief services throughout the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina.
"We want to bring the Charleston atmosphere into The Joe and create an environment that lets local chefs, including our own celebrity smoker chef and food and beverage director Josh Shea, showcase their talents," said RiverDogs General Manager Dave Echols. "This is a unique concept that we feel will catch on and become quite popular with our fans, and help raise funds for the Lowcountry Food Bank in the process."
Specifically, each chef will be provided a list of unique cuts of meat from Halperns' Steak and Seafood, and will select one item to be smoked. Each chef will have access and use of our commissary kitchen and smoker, and all spices or seasonings (other than salt and pepper) will be provided by the guest chef.
The smoked item will be easy for a fan to pick up and eat, and depending on the item, will cost either $5, $6 or $7.
Tickets are on sale for the RiverDogs 2014 season. The home portion of the schedule begins April 7 with a seven-game homestand that features the rival Greenville Drive and Augusta GreenJackets. For more information, please contact the Riley Park Box Office at 843/577-DOGS (3647) or online at www.riverdogs.com. If fans cannot make it to the ballpark, they are encouraged to tune in to all the action this year both home and away on 1250 WTMA, the new radio home for RiverDogs baseball.
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