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Cocktails & Castoffs

DIG’s unique Cocktails & Castoffs culinary events invite guests into our work by connecting our local and global stories through food.

Every year, roughly 1/3rd of the food we produce for consumption gets lost or wasted. That’s 1.3 billion tonnes of food. Instead of that amount feeding the world’s hungry, it is contributing to the growing problem of climate change, and it’s making it even harder for smallholder farmers to grow what they need to feed their families. What part do we play in this story and why aren’t we doing more to bring an end to food waste?

Join this growing movement and learn how you can be part of the solution.

Email Sarah@DIG.org

Watch a Previous Event Here

Atlanta Chefs

  • Maurietta Amos – Good Sugar
  • Tiffanie Barriere – The Drinking Coach mixologist
  • Jennifer Hill Booker – James Beard Food Waste Advisory Council – Southern Divas of the New South
  • Angus Brown – 8 Arm
  • Erika Council – Southern Soufflé
  • Kevin Clark -Home Grown GA
  • Seth Freedman – PeachDish
  • Kamal Grant – Sublime Donuts
  • Linda Harrell – Cibo e Beve
  • Jason Hill – Wisteria
  • Linton Hopkins – James Beard Winner – H&F Burger, Restaurant Eugene, Holeman & Finch
  • Yoshifusa Kinjo – Nakato Japanese Restaurant
  • Terry Koval -Wrecking Bar Brewpub
  • Zach Meloy – Pulpit Suppers, Better Half
  • Daniel Peach – Chai Pani
  • Pat Pascarella – The White Bull & Grana
  • Russ Pysell – Yummy Street
  • Savannah Sasser – Hampton + Hudson
  • Steven Satterfield – James Beard Winner – Miller Union,
  • Brian So – James Beard Nominated – Spring
  • Zeb Stevenson – Watershed
  • David Sweeney
  • Deborah VanTrece – Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours
  • Suzanne Vizethann – Buttermilk Kitchen
  • Joey Ward – Gunshow, Southern Belle, Georgia Boy
  • Chef Zu – Kings Apron
Past Participating Cocktails & Castoffs Chefs

Denver Chefs

  • Francesca Arniotes – Castles and Kitchens
  • Tom Becker – Castles and Kitchens
  • Katrina Brink – The Empowered Kitchen
  • Ethan Brown – Bird and Jim, (Estes Park, CO)
  • Ryan Crane -Mixologist
  • Brandon Engel – private chef

If you are a chef and interested in getting involved or just someone who wants to learn more, please send us an email.

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