Sydney-based social enterprise Two Good Co announces award-winning chef and cookbook author Danielle Alvarez as the third chef in its LOAM X Two Good Chef Dinner Series. The event will take place on Wednesday 3 July at LOAM, the all-day restaurant located at Ace Hotel Sydney. Tickets to the dinner with Danielle Alvarez are $110 per person including a multi-course menu designed by Danielle, wines by Balmy Nights, and a donation to help Two Good continue their mission to support, empower and employ women rebuilding their self-worth and independence following domestic violence, homelessness and complex trauma.
Danielle Alvarez says, “I wanted to write a menu that felt comforting and delicious, but also communal. To me, that’s something that Two Good provides to women in need through the food they sell and their programs. I’m so proud to be supporting this incredible organisation by doing what I love, which is feeding people.”
This will mark the third event in the quarterly Chef Dinner Series, which debuted in October 2023 to mark the release of Two Good’s third cookbook, Change The Course, and continues to honour the book’s central theme of ‘do more with less’, with each new iteration. As the third chef in the Two Good X LOAM series, Danielle, culinary director of the Yallamundi Rooms in the Sydney Opera House, once founding chef of multi-award-winning Sydney restaurant Fred’s, and author of two cookbooks: Always Add Lemon and Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking, will present a unique menu that showcases her passion for seasonal and responsibly sourced food.
The menu, created by Danielle and executed in collaboration with the LOAM team includes: anchovy zeppole with lemon and chilli; fish crudo with blood orange and new season olive oil; saffron lasagnette with spiced pork and fennel ragu; radicchio salad with meyer lemon and parmigiano; and chocolate tiramisu. Danielle’s lasagnette and salad dishes will also remain on the menu as monthly specials at LOAM throughout the month of July, with $2 from each dish sold being donated to Two Good.
“Danielle’s values line up perfectly with that of Two Good and we couldn’t be more honoured to have her lead the next instalment of our Chef Dinner Series”, says Two Good founder, Rob Caslick. “Anyone that has had the pleasure of eating Danielle’s food knows not only how delicious it is, but how lovingly and thoughtfully prepared it is too. It’s wholesome and nourishing food at its best, sourced and prepared with the utmost care and respect, and we’re thrilled to have that as the centrepiece for a beautiful evening”.
The quarterly LOAM x Two Good Dinner Series sees some of Australia’s most esteemed cooks and chefs (including the inaugural event with Julia Busuttil Nishimura, and second event with Christine Manfield) collaborate with LOAM to create special menus that revolve around the cookbook’s central theme of ‘do more with less’. All profits from the dinners help Two Good continue its mission to support, empower and employ women rebuilding their self-worth and independence following domestic violence, homelessness and complex trauma. Tickets are available now via Seven Rooms