The Homestead holds Super Soups contest on national homemade soup day
From staff reports
What is your favorite soup? Is it bean with ham or perhaps tomato bisque, cheddar broccoli or chicken noodle? No matter your preference, you’re invited to celebrate National Homemade Soup Day on Saturday, Feb. 4, at The Homestead’s “Super Soups” contest.
“We have invited local restaurants to participate in this winter celebration by serving steamy bowls of their favorite homemade soup recipes, to be enjoyed at stations scattered throughout our Village around Beppi’s,” says Jewell, vice president of sales & marketing at The Homestead. “We think there’s just something warm and inviting about strolling around with family and friends, enjoying mouth- watering soups on a cold winter day.”
The Super Soups will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., admission is $10 per person ($5 for seniors and children under 12 years of age) and includes unlimited 4-ounce samples of soup. Guests will also be given a ballot to vote on their favorite soups, with prizes awarded at the end of the day.
All proceeds from the cost of admission will go to Buckets of Rain, a Leelanau County-based organization founded in 2006 by local musician Chris Skellenger (a live entertainment regular at The Homestead). Buckets of Rain pioneered the use of gravity-fed, drip irrigation to help impoverished communities feed themselves in Lesotho, South Africa, as well as Kenya, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize.
Buckets of Rain has now focused its energies on the urban struggles in inner city Detroit. By repurposing 30 vacant lots into food production sites, they have provided hundreds of thousands of servings of vegetables, free of charge, to its partners and neighbors. Through the construction of urban gardens on abandoned city lots, Buckets of Rain has helped diminish urban blight, rekindle hope in struggling neighborhoods, bring fresh produce to the community and feed the homeless.
Restaurants or individuals who are interested in entering their soup into the contest may register by reaching Jamie Jewell at 231-334-5150 or jamie@thehomesteadresort.com.
