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<v Speaker 1>I want to introduce you to Vanessa Parrish. She's the

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<v Speaker 1>executive director and co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>She's with us via phone, and I hear that there

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<v Speaker 1>was some train issues with you, so I'm glad that

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<v Speaker 1>you are with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the Fork Report.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi, how are you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so sorry about that, but I'm so excited to

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<v Speaker 3>be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're happy to have you as well. You out

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<v Speaker 1>there on the East Coast.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, it's New York City Pride weekend, so you know

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<v Speaker 4>it's just as crazy as ever.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, as if the rest of the time is not

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<v Speaker 1>crazy enough in New York. But welcome you to the program,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're excited to talk about what's going on tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>five to eight pm on Daily Street there here in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles. So why don't you tell us first a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about a Queer Food Foundation. People can find

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<v Speaker 1>out more also at Queerfoodfoundation dot org. But tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about the organization, and then the chef

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<v Speaker 1>a sandwich showdown of course.

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<v Speaker 4>So the Criers Foundation, we are a nisan wide nonprofit

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<v Speaker 4>that specializes in feeding, funding and elevating queer feed workers.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's from Smallier's bartenders, farmers, food service workers. Our

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<v Speaker 4>big goal is making sure that people are supported, they're

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<v Speaker 4>getting equity pay, and they're also meeting and connecting with

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<v Speaker 4>each other because where everyone is spread out all over

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<v Speaker 4>the country, so we want to make sure that people

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<v Speaker 4>know where they can find their safe.

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<v Speaker 1>Spaces and support, you know, and it's all across the country.

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<v Speaker 1>Is an important part of it because here on the

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<v Speaker 1>coasts we don't think of this the same way. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not that there isn't still a fight to be had,

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<v Speaker 1>but we don't think in Los Angele know, my dear

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<v Speaker 1>friend Susan Finneger fought as a chef, you know, just

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<v Speaker 1>a sweetheart of a human being, she and her wife Liz,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're you know, here's a woman who fought against

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<v Speaker 1>even being a woman in the culinary industry and also

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<v Speaker 1>a gay woman on top of that, and the things

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<v Speaker 1>that she has struggled through and continues to help through

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<v Speaker 1>organizations as well. But we don't think of it the

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<v Speaker 1>same way. But this is for across the country where

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<v Speaker 1>the fight still continues to go on differently than it

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<v Speaker 1>does here on the coasts. So do you get a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the dinner, you know, inside Middle America type.

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<v Speaker 4>Folks right exactly, like you know in the South, like

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<v Speaker 4>you know, Los Angeles, New York, Miami have those, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>really nice bubbles of safety that we don't think about,

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<v Speaker 4>but there's a lot of cities and states that don't

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<v Speaker 4>have that whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, people fly in from all.

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<v Speaker 4>Over just to go to Los Angeles Pride because they

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<v Speaker 4>don't have those type of places in their own hometowns.

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<v Speaker 4>So we definitely try to meet people where they are,

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<v Speaker 4>Like you know, Los Angeles, we do things like the

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<v Speaker 4>chef Dammich sow down to kind of elevate the queer

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<v Speaker 4>chefs that are already out and about, you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>then we also do other events in smaller regions to

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<v Speaker 4>just build their network that they're just getting started with.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I often joke when people get hot headed about certain

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<v Speaker 1>books displaying different types of families and the like being

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<v Speaker 1>in children's libraries, and I laughed and I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>my eight year old does go to school, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>those families exist and he sees them in real life.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't have to open a book.

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<v Speaker 1>When we have friends over and families over, they're all

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of families, So we get it. A little differently.

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<v Speaker 1>As you call them bubbles, I think is pretty appropriate.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've been chatting with Vanessa Parrish. She is the

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<v Speaker 1>executive director and co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>You can find out more Queerfoodfoundation dot org. They have

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<v Speaker 1>an event going on tomorrow, Sunday, June twenty ninth, from

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<v Speaker 1>five to eight pm at eighteen twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Now is that Daily Street.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see Los Angeles, California at nine zero zero three

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<v Speaker 1>one and you can check that there at Benny Boy Brewing.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Chef Sandwich Showdown. Tell us more about that, Vanessa,

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<v Speaker 1>Did we lose you?

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<v Speaker 2>No? There you go? Thank you?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh sure.

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<v Speaker 4>We have four amazing queer chefs known from the Los

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<v Speaker 4>Angeles Long Beads community that are coming out to do

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<v Speaker 4>the best of the best and their sandwich durations. We've

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<v Speaker 4>got Charlie Ray from Long Beafs, Private chef Qloon Eliza

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<v Speaker 4>from UI's Studios are also amazing. Private chef Sammy Schwartz

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<v Speaker 4>from Slutty Sammy's. If you have not had a Slutty

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<v Speaker 4>Sammise sandwich, you have to go and get one.

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<v Speaker 2>The name alone on the list.

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<v Speaker 3>It definitely needs to.

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<v Speaker 4>Be on the list, and then Journey Rain, who is

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<v Speaker 4>the chef and owner of Grits and Waffles in Ktown.

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<v Speaker 4>You've got four very different concepts of chefs coming to

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<v Speaker 4>battle it out, and then a few of them will

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<v Speaker 4>also be coming earlier, so if you want to grab

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<v Speaker 4>a bite just to support them, they'll be out there

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<v Speaker 4>all day slinging whatever they've got going on, and then

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<v Speaker 4>the actual chef sandwich battle will be from.

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<v Speaker 3>Five to eight.

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<v Speaker 1>That's you know, sandwiches is I mean, it's just it

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the perfect meals because it's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we all love pizza because it's all your favorite things

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<v Speaker 1>on an edible plate, and a sandwich is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. It's all these great things whatever your

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<v Speaker 1>heart desires between two edible plates basically, so you can

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<v Speaker 1>just eat it. What's your what's your favorite? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got great choices there on the East Coast. What's

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite go to sandwich?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you know, I really think it is a mont

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<v Speaker 4>of crystal on the menu.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna have to try it.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, goodness, so.

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<v Speaker 4>Big ultimate brunch sandwich, you know what I.

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<v Speaker 1>Mean, Absolutely it is. Yeah, it's one of mine too.

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<v Speaker 1>It's super decadent and it's a lot. But if I

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<v Speaker 1>see it on a brunch menu, I'm I'm going headfirst into.

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<v Speaker 2>That as well.

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<v Speaker 1>How does this event going on tomorrow? Is it's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five dollars? And do they get this? Do they get

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<v Speaker 1>tickets on your website? I'm looking now for a link.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you can get the tickets on our website at

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<v Speaker 4>Pride twenty twenty five. It's going to be right there.

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<v Speaker 4>And the twenty five dollars you get a sampling of

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<v Speaker 4>all four sandwiches and you get to vote, you get

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<v Speaker 4>to crown the winner. So it's gonna be really awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't actually I told this if I actually don't

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<v Speaker 4>even want to know what they're making, because I feel

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<v Speaker 4>that kind of ruins the element of surprise for me

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<v Speaker 4>because like I'm also a shop It's like I'm just

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<v Speaker 4>going to kind of dissect it. So I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>just at a mental fairness to my colleagues, I'm just

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<v Speaker 4>going to like go and see how everything tastes and support.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, please get the tickets online at our website

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<v Speaker 4>Queerfreefoundation dot org. You'll see right at that's the top

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<v Speaker 4>five twenty twenty five, It will be right there. Proceeds

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<v Speaker 4>do go to US at QSF for some of the proceeds.

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<v Speaker 4>So all tickets matter to help support our causes, keep

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<v Speaker 4>these type of events and community building in Los Angeles growing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, twenty five dollars is the ticket price twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one in Old and Over, But in LA and in

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<v Speaker 1>New York that's that's the cost of one sandwich.

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<v Speaker 4>Right for.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, twenty five bucks for a sandwich is like

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<v Speaker 1>average right now?

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<v Speaker 4>So can you come get to grab a nice drink

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<v Speaker 4>from Benny Boy. You know, they're grateful to them for

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<v Speaker 4>hosting us, and they're really awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Patio space. I don't know if you've been.

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<v Speaker 1>I know of it, but I have not been any

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<v Speaker 1>patio space in Southern California.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm aware of love.

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<v Speaker 1>I love anything where they have eating outside in Southern California.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why we don't do it more here.

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<v Speaker 1>It took it took uh the COVID for us to

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<v Speaker 1>start eating outside in southern California for some stupid reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, oh, this is so nice.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoever thought of its? Los Angeles? You all be doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we get it backwards and again remind everybody where

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<v Speaker 1>the money goes to and about the Queer Food Foundation.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, so a portion of the proceeds of the tickets

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<v Speaker 4>we'll go to the Queer Food Foundation to help us

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<v Speaker 4>funds feed and elevate Queer workers and food and that

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<v Speaker 4>again goes to smallier's bartenders, bussers, your local chefs and restaurants.

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<v Speaker 4>We have resources as far as food banks. We also

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<v Speaker 4>had a hate Crime fund for restaurants that have may

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<v Speaker 4>have been affected by hate crimes. We have educational resources

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<v Speaker 4>and a multitude of partnerships all across the country. That's

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<v Speaker 4>the key people safe in equity and also inclusive in

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<v Speaker 4>their workspace environment.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's a great cause. And I love the fact.

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<v Speaker 1>When food it's just kind of the attitude of this

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<v Speaker 1>show that you know, food is the one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of ties us all together. We all have to eat,

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<v Speaker 1>and that there's something magical about breaking bread with somebody

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<v Speaker 1>and it's always and people that work in the hospitality

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<v Speaker 1>industry are some of the most generous people on the planet. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>you talking about Benny Boy Brewery and the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you know they're opening up their space for you to

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<v Speaker 1>do this event. I hear this stuff day in and

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<v Speaker 1>day out on this program that you know, these people

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<v Speaker 1>are constantly opening up their restaurants, their breweries, whatever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>for great causes, and this is yet another one. So

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<v Speaker 1>I wish you success.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 4>We always say comunity is a verb, you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>these are the type of moments to show what that means.

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<v Speaker 2>That's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I say that about father too. The word father to

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<v Speaker 1>me is a verb you have. Do you have to

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<v Speaker 1>actually participate in things?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I wish you nothing about success on the event.

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<v Speaker 1>Please keep us posted when you have other events that

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<v Speaker 1>we can help get the word out. And as Pride Rep,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. So wait, what do you do come July.

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<v Speaker 2>July?

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<v Speaker 1>First, you have fulled up the flags, everybody puts their

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<v Speaker 1>assless chaps away, and uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Get we take a much seeded break, but we have

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<v Speaker 4>a big campaign that we call clear all year so

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we're the equity and advocacy and people need

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<v Speaker 4>to be said all year round. So we need to

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<v Speaker 4>take a few weeks off to regroup and then we

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<v Speaker 4>go right back at it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, good to hear. Well, thanks for what you're doing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm glad that the train didn't keep you forever.

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<v Speaker 1>We were happy to have some time to spend with you.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, yeah, thank you so much, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>That, of course, was Vanessa Parrish. She's the executive director

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<v Speaker 1>and co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation. You

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<v Speaker 1>can find out more at Queerfoodfoundation dot org