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dining out
St. Albans chef serves 1,000 on
Thanksgiving at Cambria Heights Church
BY NAEISHA ROSE
nrose@cnglocal.com
@QNS
Mount Moriah AME Church and
local Chef Premo Sanders will host
the ninth-annual Th anksgiving Day
Community Dinner in Cambria Heights
from noon to 3 p.m. on Th anksgiving
Day, Nov. 22.
Th e church is located at 116-20 Francis
Lewis Blvd. and state, city, and community
leaders are expected to attend the event,
according to James McCray, a spokesman
for Mount Moriah.
“We are giving away food to 1,000 people
in the community at shelters, subways stations,
nursing homes and at the Community
Dinner,” said Sanders, a St. Albans resident
who started attended the church four years
ago. “We have 50 community volunteers
who are going to help us.”
Th e southern fusion chef who studied at
the New York Restaurant School (1991)
in Manhattan will be serving southern
fried chicken, catfi sh, candied yams, macand
cheese, collard greens, string beans,
cakes, pies and all sorts of side dishes,
said Sanders.
“Th e whole community is invited, especially
those who may feel a little disenfranchised,”
said Reverend Robert Lowe
of Mount Moriah. “It is the role of the
church and faith-based communities to
provide and fi ll in the gap where persons
who may not be able to provide for their
families, for those who are homeless …
and we are looking for as many people
to come.”
Th e chef who has experience with southern
food fused with classic Americana,
Th ai, Chinese, Spanish, French and
Italian was happy to give back to the local
community.
“I feel that being that I’m a chef, the
best way to give back is through food,”
said Sanders.
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