Big Table starts and ends with relationships.

DINNERS

We host creative five and six course dinners in and around Spokane cooked by some of the top chefs in the region.  The dinners are held on Monday nights are by invitation only, but if you work in the restaurant and hospitality industry, you are eligible to attend as a guest.  The cost?  Nothing.  We raise money apart from the dinners so that no one needs to be turned away due to cost.  Less formal dinners in homes take place inbetween the BIG dinners.

Here are a few of the chefs who have cooked for Big Table dinners this past year:

Jeremy Hansen from Sante

David Blaine from Latah Bistro and Pop-Up

Mercia Sheets from Madeleine's

Jim Barrett from Black Rock

Nicholas St. Clair from Cafe Marron

Alexa Wilson from Sysco (former at Wild Sage)

Adam Hegsted from the Coeur d'Alene Casino and Wandering Table

Tyler Schwenk from Beverly's at the Coeur d'Alene Resort

Brian Hutchins from Luna

Tony Brown from Luna

Dani Briceno from Moxie

Don Leonard from Latah Bistro

Tim Hartman from Sysco

Chad Michelbook from Northern Quest

CARE

At each dinner we ask guests to suggest friends in the industry that we might either invite to a future meal or surprise with care.  We have helped fix cars, pay medical bills, provide furniture, send flowers, arrange vacations, and much more.  The goal is the meet real needs without any strings attached.

CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT

The community built around the table and the relationships strengthened as we care for each other provide a network of support that goes beyond the meals themselves and the individual needs met: connections for jobs are made, friendships started, new ideas generated, and more.  Part of what makes Big Table effective is that the vision is focused enough to provide real impact and flexible enough to respond to a dynamic industry.