IFEC and The J.M. Smucker Co. announce 2021 Food for Good award recipients
The International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) and The J.M. Smucker Co. are pleased to announce two organizations—Feed Anne Arundel and Light House Bistro—as the recipients of IFEC’s fifth annual Food For Good Award. Both were recognized at IFEC’s 2021 Annual Conference, October 25–27, 2021, in Annapolis, MD, and each received a $1,000 donation.
In the earliest days of the pandemic, Annapolis restaurateur Monica Alvarado, Bread and Butter Kitchen, sprung into action. She created a collaborative effort to organize and compensate restaurants to provide emergency meals throughout Maryland’s 588 square mile Anne Arundel County, helping them to stay open and retain staff. “Our first conversations were on a Tuesday, and by Saturday we were prepping and distributing hundreds of meals,” Alvarado recounts. More than 100 restaurants, from quick-serve to fine dining, participated, and today the initiative continues to help area families in crisis at regular distribution sites and as part of emergency response efforts, such as the aftermath of the August tornado that touched down in Annapolis.