NEW YORK (AP) — The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across New York City this Thanksgiving. The meals are being planned by a star chef, will be cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and will cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.
The number of meals is 10 times as many as last year and come at a time when more and more Americans are struggling to put food on the table.
The turkey dinner will be prepared by Great Performances, a catering company that stages banquets for the grand ballroom of The Plaza. Leading the culinary team is star chef Marc Spooner, a winner of the Food Network's "Chopped" TV contest.
Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage.
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