BEAVER CREEK — The night before President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan and gave the green light for a $28.6 billion grant program to help struggling independent restaurants and bars across the country, guests dining at Splendido at the Chateau in Beaver Creek raised $110,000 during an event held to support the Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC).
On Tuesday, March 9, chef-owner Brian Ackerman and his team hosted notable culinary figures Dominique Crenn, Andrew Zimmern, Billy Dec and Bobby Stuckey for a four-course fine dining experience that brought in an overwhelming amount of flavor and philanthropy.
“First of all it proves our model that there are people that would like to contribute to our cause and do it with an event like this one,” Zimmern said. “But more importantly, I was really excited that the confluence of this dinner’s date met up with the eve of this necessary push by Congress.”