Much like every other event this year, 25th Annual International Charity Fashion Lunch to raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) was cancelled. Now, Miss Candy, who had successfully fundraised for DRCC for many years is swapping high heels and feather boas for pots and pans.
The online culinary fundraiser, Cooking Up A Storm, is being organised by Miss Candy, aka Joseph Supple, and headlined by Michelin Star Chef Derry Clarke and his wife and partner Sallyanne to deliver a feast of recipes to people’s homes and raise much-needed funds for the DRCC.
Cook Up a Storm aims to feed into the nation’s current appetite for home cooking and baking along with the demand for new, chef-approved tried and tested recipes, family favourites and nostalgic childhood recipes to replicate at home. Headline chef Derry Clarke will cook one of his favourite dishes each week over the series with videos posted to his own Facebook page and facebook.com/dublinrapecrisiscentre.
Cooking Up A Storm began on Monday May 25th, and will run for the next three weeks. You can catch up on the first segment online, and look forward to seeing some of the nation’s favourite personalities including, Rosanna Davison, Amanda Brunker, David & Stephen Flynn – Happy Pear twins, Sir Ian Botham, Andy McFadden, John Healy, Rebecca Storm, Ken Doherty, Paul Harrington, Dylan and Charlotte Bradshaw, Lorraine Keane Cathy Kelly, Tracey Clifford, Norma Sheehan, Luke Thomas, Jim McCabe, PJ Gallagher and Jake Carter.
Each of the participants will be posting their videos of favourite dishes to the page and across their own social channels, while viewers will be invited to do the same and nominate their friends.
Those who are donating to and interacting with Cooking Up A Storm also have the chance to win some amazing prizes, including a week in the stunning Aqua Suites in Lanzarote, a Blue Book Voucher to the value of €500, a €200 voucher for L’Ecrivain and much more.
If you’d like to make a donation, you can do so here.