Reflecting on Team Hidi 2023

Reflecting on Team Hidi 2023

Reflecting on your impact

This year's Team Hidi was truly a night to remember! We ate great food and danced the night away — but the most important thing we did was raise critical funds for food service workers in crisis!

Let's reflect on the party of the year:

  • 1,235 guests in attendance

  • 169 volunteers working hard

  • 93 food and beverage stations serving over 30,000 bites, 6,850 cocktails, and 3,200 beers

  • $805,404.20 raised for food service workers in crisis!

Team Hidi began as the fight for one life and is now a support system for thousands more. Wherever Giving Kitchen grows and goes, we're all still on Team Hidi.

"Reflections light the path for what we are doing now and all that we can do together in the future." — Jen Hidinger-Kendrick, Co-Founder & Senior Director of Community Engagement

Because of your support at events like Team Hidi, Giving Kitchen has helped over 12,154 food service workers and awarded over $8.2 million in financial assistance to help keep the lights on, the water running, and a roof overhead for food service workers in crisis.

We're so grateful to have you as part of our community; each of you makes this event truly special.

With your help and generosity, we raised over $800,000 at Team Hidi for food service workers in crisis.

You can make a donation today to continue our work and make a lasting impact on the food service community! Thank you for being on Team Hidi!



Food & Beverage Partners

2Bruhz Bakery & Eatery
Alma Cocina
ASW Distillery
Aziza
The Baxter
Bearded Iris
BeetleCat
Boone’s
The Bougie Grazer
Boxcar
Brassica
Brick Store Pub
B-Side
Butter & Cream
Canoe
The Chai Box
Chai Pani
Cinnaholic
City Pharmacy
Cooks & Soldiers
Creature Comforts Brewing Co.
DAS BBQ
DASH Hospitality Group –The Village Dunwoody
The Deer and The Dove
Elsewhere Brewing
Forks & Flavors
Foundation Social Eatery
Fox Bros Bar-B-Q
The General Muir
Good Word Brewing
Gracious Plenty & Cherried Mary’s Ice Cream
Halfway Crooks
Hamp & Harry’s
Hampton + Hudson
Hartley Kitchen & Cocktails
Herbs+Kettles
Honeysuckle Gelato
Humble Mumble
Jim ‘N Nick’s
Just Add Honey
KamayanATL
Kimball House
King of Pops
Lazy Betty
LEONs Full Service
Livingston Restaurant & Bar
Lyla Lila

Marlow’s Tavern
McDonald’s
Monday Night Brewing
Monday Night Garage Pizza
MUKJA Korean Fried Chicken
Murphy’s
OK Yaki
Woodford Reserve
Oretha’s at the Point
Paradies Lagardere Dining Division
Postino Wine Cafe
Proof of the Pudding
Ranger Station
Reverence
Rodney Scott’s BBQ
Scofflaw Brewing
Second Self Beer Co
Seed Kitchen & Bar
The Select Restaurant + Bar
Shake Shack
St. Cecilia
Superica
Table & Main
Talat Market
Three Taverns
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Tortuga y Chango
Treehorn Cider
Tucker Brewing
Twisted Soul Cookhouse and Pours
TWO Urban Licks
Unsukay
Up on the Roof
Vinetta
Virgil’s Gullah Kitchen
Westside Motor Lounge
Wild Heaven Beer
Wild Leap Beer Co.
the Woodall
Wrecking Bar Brewpub
YOM Ice Cream
Your 3rd Spot
The Zero Proof

Team Hidi Host Committee

Brian & Melissa Bollins
Kerry Brown
Tony Conway
Laura & Erik Curns
Iris & Bruce Feinberg
Mike & Melissa Gallagher
Steve & Tiffany Gibson
Jason Szczeck & Gina Gondron
Adam & Wendy Herndon
Lynne & David Homrich
Mimi & Raffe Jerald
Brad & Ellen Kaplan
Melissa Libby
Cheryl & Kris Maher
Edwin & Melissa Merrick
Katie & Wilson Oswald
Sara Lee Parker
Bill & Lindi Ray
Kelvin & Mandy Slater
Michele & Kerry Stumpe
Maya & Michael Sunshine
Dawn & Eric Tresh

Thank You, Team Hidi Planning Committee

Chris Hall, Master of Stories
Brian Bollins, Event Co-Chair
Cheryl Maher, Event Co-Chair

Michele Kresge
Chelsea MacDonald
Cheryl Maher
Libby Massey
Elizabeth McDonald
Rob McDonald
Wilson Oswald
Sean Palani
Maria Perez
Ryan Plecha
Ashleigh Pursell
Brandon Reily
Bryan Schroeder
Dawn Tresh
Rebecca Wagner

Kristie Azaroff
Casey Blackwood
Wendy Bohannon
Brian Bollins
Rachel Caines
Kelly Campbell
Amy Crowell
Grier Donald
Donna Fairchild
Elizabeth Feichter
Naomi Green
T.J. Harley
Jen Hidinger-Kendrick
Jami Horowitz
Melissa Kennedy

Thank You Team Hidi Sponsors

Interested in sponsoring Team Hidi? Email Amy Crowell at amy@thegivingkitchen.org.