"Cena Tradizionale Italiana a Sette Portate"
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# 🇮🇹✨ Cena Tradizionale Italiana a Sette Portate
### A Family‑Style Italian Dinner at Chef Irvin’s Home
📅 Tuesday, May 19 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 📍 Chef Irvin’s Home Kitchen — Where Friends Become Family
Make your seat official if you attend without confirming on Soup Angels you may have to stand for dinner: *https://www.soupangels.org/event-details/cena-tradizionale-italiana-a-sette-portate*
# 🍽️ THE SEVEN‑COURSE JOURNEY
A warm, abundant, pass‑the‑platters, laugh‑with‑friends, old‑world Italian feast — served family‑style, the way food is meant to be shared.
### 🥂 Aperitivo
Bruschetta Trio Tomato‑basil • Roasted pepper • Lemon ricotta
### 🍽️ Antipasto
Tonno e Fagioli Tuscan tuna & white bean salad with olive oil + herbs
### 🍝 Primo
Pasta al Ragù Bolognese Slow‑simmered, rich, comforting — a Chef Irvin classic
### 🍗 Secondo
Pollo al Marsala Tender chicken, mushrooms, Marsala wine, thyme
### 🥦 Contorno
Rosemary Roasted Potatoes & Charred Broccoli
### 🧀 Formaggi e Frutta
Italian cheeses • Fresh fruit • Honey drizzle
### 🍐 Dolce
Torta di Pere Pear cake — rustic, elegant, perfect
### ☕ Caffè & Digestivo
After‑Dinner Coffee & Sips
# ❤️ THE HEART BEHIND THE NIGHT
These dinners are free, always. But they are also fuel — fuel for a dream, a mission, and a movement.
Every Tuesday night gathering supports:
🌟 The Kitchen of Tomorrow Campaign
🌟 The Angels School of Culinary Arts
🌟 Chef Irvin’s fight against food insecurity in Dallas
You’ve help feed 1,000 neighbors a week, seven days a week. You’ve help me pour my heart, my home, and my energy into this city. Now, these dinners become the next chapter — A joyful, sustainable way to keep this mission alive means continuing to help feed those in need while also making time to share good meals with friends and family now and then.
# 🍷 BRING A BEVERAGE TO SHARE
We’re a family of friends — and families share. Bring your favorite:
🍷 Wines 🍺 Beers 🍸 Pre‑Made Cocktails 🥃 Liqueurs
…to pass around the table and spark conversation.
# 🏠 THE NEW TRADITION
Going forward, all Chef Irvin home events will be:
✨ Family‑Style
✨ Global Culinary Adventures
✨ Fun, playful, abundant
✨ Served with disposable items to protect Chef’s energy
✨ Rooted in community, dignity, and joy
Every plate passed, every laugh shared, every toast raised helps build the future:
The Angels School of Culinary Arts — A place where Dallas learns, cooks, grows, and rises together.
# 🎉 CHEERS TO OUR NEXT CHAPTER
Thank you for giving Chef the strength to keep going. Thank you for being the family he chose. Thank you for believing in the mission.
🌟 See you Tuesday night for our next culinary adventure. 🌟 Bring your appetite, your spirit, and your heart.
Chef Gary W. Irvin II
Founder & Organizer | Soup Angels
“We feed with love. We serve with joy. We show up with heart.”
Lakewood • Pleasant Grove • Downtown Dallas