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.”
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Vail Valley restauranteurs have always adjusted to the drastic seasonal changes of a resort community, but never before 2020 have they had to fire up such creative substitutions on the fly.
Matthew McConnell, general manager of Splendido at the Chateau in Beaver Creek, shared how it’s been quite the rollercoaster of highs and lows. Splendido shut their doors to guests in March with the rest of the community, while still offering takeout meals and donating 150 to 200 meals a week to The Community Market.
McConnell said the summer months were busy, but now with reduced capacity in the restaurant (only 25% at the time of this interview in early December) and an unknown winter ahead, McConnell and Splendido chef-owner Brian Ackerman didn’t waver on making yet another pivot and doing what Splendido does best creating memorable experiences for guests.
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