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More photos from CMOW<\/a><\/p>\n More photo with luminaries\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Citymeals.on.Wheels\/photos\/?tab=album&album_id=10152911173836932<\/p>\n <\/p>\n American Wine & Food Festival Los Angeles <\/b>started in 1982 by Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff to support Meals-on-Wheels of West Los Angeles. Starting at SPAGO parking lot, growing quickly to the Design Center and onto Universal Studies, it is the premier Wine and Food event. Jimmy has cooked every year through its history with Wolfgang and top chefs from around the globe.<\/p>\n More photos from AWFF over the years<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWFF.org\/<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Share Our Strength (SOS) \u00a0– No Kid Hungry<\/p>\n Jimmy met Billy Shore at the Rattlesnake Club Grill in Denver in 1986, where Billy shared his vision to eliminate hunger in America. \u00a0Jimmy joined the cause by Founding \u201cSOS Taste of Denver\u201d at Larimer Square to raise initial funds for this cause. \u00a0Jimmy introduced SOS to every leading chef in America at the time, which quickly grew SOS into a national hospitality funded charitable foundation, through \u201cSOS Taste of the Nation.\u201d \u00a0Billy and Debbie Shore have grown the organization into a sustaining \u201cNo Kid Hungry\u201d focus of immense positive impact to kids lives daily. \u00a0Jimmy\u2018s efforts moved on from Denver to Detroit raising over $1 million dollars for \u201cSOS Taste of Detroit\u201d under his leadership primarily for Gleaners\u2019 Community Food Bank.<\/p>\n Detroit News Michiganian Humanitarian of Year 1993<\/a><\/p>\n More photos from SOS – Chefs Calendar\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n James Beard Foundation founded in 1986 with the mission to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making America’s food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone. Jimmy was a friend of James Beard cooking at his school before it became the honored Foundation. Jimmy has been a guest chef at the JBF house, honored by JBF Awards 3 times, cooked for the award galas and supported the organization with Celebrity Chef Dinners over the years. …..Read more connect to Beard Page….<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chefs Collaborative was founded by Jimmy in 1993, along with Larry Forgione, Catherine Brandel and many illustrious chefs such as Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters. He was instrumental in forming their Charter and Statement of Principles celebrating the pleasures of food but equally recognizing the impact of food choices on collective health, global environment, and cultural vitality. Jimmy was recognized for his contributions by the Collaborative with the Pioneer Award in 2012….Read more connect to CC page…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n American Institute of Wine and Food was founded in 1983 by Julia Child and Robert Mondavi as a center for gastronomic study, The inaugural dinner at Stanford Place Hotel in San Francisco celebrated American\u2019s finest chefs, including Jimmy, as \u201cAmerican Cooking Comes Of Age\u201d. Jimmy continued to support AIWF Conferences around the country in the coming years as a speaker, chef and resource.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/340un1twt2loiv6\/NYC%20City%20Meals%20on%20Wheels.jpeg?dl=0\")
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