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Schiller Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Chef 2015
Sold-out event raises more than $10,000 in support of Salvation Army homeless shelter project and CDCF
It was an impressive community turnout for the final showdown of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge.
More than 170 people gathered in the Grand Ballroom at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort and Convention Centre to sample the soups of Chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Diner and Creekside Pub in Kimberley and Kathy Morey, Salvation Army cook.
The crowd buzzed with energy and conversation as they enjoyed the two soup creations, and tables seemed to be equally divided between Morey’s rosemary chicken and Schiller’s beef vegetable soup with cabbage.
However, the panel of chef and local celebrity judges, by the smallest of margins, seemed to agree: Schiller’s soup reigned supreme.
“We are absolutely thrilled with how the community stepped up and supported this event,” says Riley Wilcox, executive director of the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation. “It truly was a collaborative community effort that climaxed with a joyful celebration of food, friends, fun, and funds raised. We offer our most heartfelt thanks to our chefs, judges, sponsors, silent auction contributors, and those who came and joined us today for lunch.”
Funds raised at the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge will support of the Salvation Army homeless shelter project, as well as the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation general endowment fund, which provides annual grants to local non-profits.
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Photos include celebrity judges, participating chefs (Chef Rusty Cox missing) and key Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge volunteers and sponsors.
Lead image: From left: Cranbrook and District Community Foundation’s Riley Wilcox, winning chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Diner and Creekside Pub, Kootenay Granite owner Rick Klassen and Salvation Army Captain Kirk Green.
Photos by Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
