Its been a while but we got back in action with Big Daddy, Chef Aaron McCargo Jr. Last I saw him, we caught a Phillies game on the first base side with his brother and a friend. Nothing but fun and games and A LOT of laughs. It was my birthday weekend and it was a beautiful August night. Monday, however, it was back to business. We got the call to do some styling for Big Daddy as he rolled into a big day of press centered around the Share Our Strength organization’s “2009 Great American Dine Out” program. For those of you that aren’t familiar, Share our Strength is an organization that  raises money to help feed underprivileged children. Big Daddy is the national spokesman for the “Great American Dine Out” program which encompasses many restaurants that have agreed to donate some of the proceeds to Share Our Strength from diners who eat in their restaurants. You can learn more at www.strength.org.

Monday started off in Center City Philadelphia at the Fox 29 Morning Show. Appropriately, the theme was food that kids would enjoy eating. These included the Best Turkey Club Ever and a kid-friendly, fun and funky way of doing vegetable crudite .. with a Smoky Ranch Dip! (There is no denying .. the turkey club rules!) Almost immediately after the appearance, Big Daddy had to role over to City Avenue for the NBC 10! Show. Jill waited there patiently to set this segment up and make sure there was a seamless foundation to the day. We had been at the 10! Show with Aaron before and had made Aaron’s take on Shepherds Pie .. to feed 60 hungry audience members. If I remember correctly, not only did the audience get fed, the NBC staff rolled into the kitchen and had there share as well .. haha! This segment’s food was Grilled Stuffed Veal Chops with Lemon Brocolli Rabe.  It was more of a restaurant menu item-approach to help tie in the “Great American Dine Out” and entice people to go out to eat. Rumor has it, the segment was flawless and tasty (I love brocolli rabe and veal chops). Of course it was Big Daddy and Jilly doing there thing.

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