If you haven’t heard about Stir It 28, you need to check this out.  Fabulous food bloggers and companies have aligned to make a 4 city culinary event.  This is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 21, 2010 in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and New York City.

From the official press release: 

Food bloggers from coast to coast have join forces to raise a targeted $50k to aid in the Haiti relief effort. STIR IT 28: Food Bloggers Align for Haiti Relief is a culinary event taking place simultaneously in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sunday, February 21st from 4:00pm to 7:00pm EST and 4:00pm to 7:00pm PST in Los Angeles. , One hundred percent of the proceeds from the campaign will benefit Share Our Strength and Yéle Haiti.  Participating chefs, food bloggers, restaurateurs and home cooks from each city will prepare incredible and diverse dishes and luscious cocktails for guests to enjoy.

As part of the campaign, donations are being accepted during the entire month of February for those who are unable to attend one of the nation-wide events.  Donations can be made via PayPal and advanced tickets to any of the 5 events can be purchased by visiting flanboyanteats.com or cococooks.blogspot.com. Tickets are $30 in advance, with limited door sales in each city.

“We are so grateful to Flanboyant Eats, The Duo Dishes, Coco Cooks and all those food enthusiasts, cooks, chefs and bloggers who have come together for STIR IT 28 to raise funds for Haiti Relief.  We know that long after the attention wanes and the media is no longer focused on this disaster that the people of Haiti will need food, water, medical care and supplies.  And they need to know that people care.  Thank you for caring and sharing your strength!,”  says Debbie Shore, Co-founder of Share Our Strength.

Organized by food bloggers Bren Herrera, chef and author of Flanboyant Eats, Chrystal Baker of The Duo Dishes, and Courtney Nzeribe of Coco Cooks lead the effort to bring increased awareness to Haiti’s devastation, following the January 12th earthquake that brought down the city of Port-au-Prince. 

“It’s a day of solidarity and a way for the culinary community to celebrate life, hope and restoration to the island through food,” saysBren Herrera, a Cuban native whom is familiar with the plights of third world islands suffering from poverty and hunger.

The Atlanta event will be hosted by Bren Herrera in historic West End at SPACE Atlanta, with live entertainment and a DJ, two cash bars serving a signature cocktail called “Stir it Up.” Serpas True Food (GQ magazine top 10 new U.S Restaurants) is a featured participating restaurant offering Creole cuisine, among other notable restaurants and chefs. Montaluce Winery is donating wine for the event, as well. The Los Angeles event will be hosted by Chrystal Baker and held at the private home of Greg at SippitySup.com in the Hollywood Hills. Grey Goose vodka and LA brand attaché Christophe Namer partner with Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of TheLiquidMuse.com to create signature cocktails, as well as specialty sangrias from Fre Alcohol-Removed Wine and Sutter Home Wine. Chicago will be hosted by Courtney Nzeribe at Three Peas Art Lounge, while NYC will be held at the NYU Department of Nutrition & Food Studies. D.C. details to come.

STIR IT 28 community sponsors include SPACE Atlanta, Montaluce Winery, The Liquid Muse, Three Peas Lounge, The People Brokers Public Relations, Word of Mouth Atlanta,  SonnyNite Audio, Party City, Graphic Mail, T-3 True Graphics, RH Media Group, Trader Joe’s and G-PAN.

For more information, please visit flanboyanteats.com, cococooks.blogspot.com, theduodishes.com and the Official Facebook Event Page

I am so happy to see these great people align for such a good cause.  If you are in any of the 4 cities, please try to attend or give what you can if you are unable to make it.

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