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Reasons to Love Denver 2021: Denverites Who Stepped Up
Local heroes found ways to lend a helping hand amid a trying year. Adam Cayton-Holland, Patricia Kaowthumrong, Shane Monaghan •
July 1, 2021
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All the President’s Men taught us anything, it’s that to get to the truth, you must follow the money. Were one to apply that journalistic maxim to my bank account over this past year, a reporter would learn far more went out than went in. (I kid! Sort of.) While things were indeed dire for most stand-up comics during the pandemic, I was flush enough to donate to some of my favorite struggling Denver businesses and therein lies the evidence. You want to know what I love about this city? Follow my money.
Project Angel Heart is offering the Brandon Foster Culinary Excellence Fellowship, which will provide two years of training and leadership for new and emerging chefs from underrepresented communities in Colorado.
The fellowship is named in honor of Foster, who died last year after serving as executive chef at Project Angel Heart for four years.
Project Angel Heart s mission is to provide medically tailored meals to people living with life-threatening illnesses. The new fellowship will immerse one, or possibly two, recipients in a program that will include nutrition, kitchen management and food policy; public speaking and networking possibilities.
The fellowship targets, but is not limited to, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), immigrant, refugee and LGBTQ chefs. The Fellow will receive a full-time professional chef position at Project Angel Heart. To learn more about the fellowship and apply, visit projectangelheart.org.
LAKE TWP. – Plastics trays, some containing broccoli and others with zucchini, cover the counter in the kitchen at Evermore Community Church.
At a preparation table, chef Daniel Anschutz assembles slices of eggplant, tomato and mozzarella into servings of eggplant Napoleon. It s one of the meals that will go to families helped by Compassion Delivered, a nonprofit started by Daniel and his wife Amanda in 2017.
In just over four years, the Anschutzes and a contingency of volunteers have prepared 10,000 meals for Stark County residents dealing with chronic, life-threatening or terminal illnesses.
During that stretch Compassion Delivered has helped more than 180 families. An average of 25 to 30 clients are getting free meals each week.
Brandon Foster left a lasting impression on everyone he worked with and mentored during his four years as the executive chef at Project Angel Heart, and in his many years as a restaurant chef before that. Foster passed away in July 2020, and Project Angel Heart is now launching a culinary training program in his name.
The Brandon Foster Culinary Excellence Fellowship will provide two years of training and leadership for new and emerging chefs from underrepresented communities in Colorado, according to the organization. Foster s father, Kenneth Foster, has been working with Project Angel Heart s president and CEO, Owen Ryan, to get the fellowship set up.