Houston restaurant community pitches in to help local foodie
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A local foodie and community volunteer is looking for help, and the Houston food community is serving it up.
Liz Fenton, 33, has been diagnosed with a rare neurological condition and a spinal cord tumor. She is now partially paralyzed and will need painful surgery and chemotherapy to treat her condition.
"She has this passion for life and this passion for food. It's contagious. Everyone loves her," explained Fenton's friend, Jenny Wang.
Fenton is well-known among the Houston food community. She's worked at several local restaurants and volunteered her time for many benefit dinners.
So, when the word spread of her condition, those same restaurants got involved.
"That's the thing about this city," explained Underbelly owner Chris Shepherd. "You move better faster and stronger together than you do separate. Everybody wants to support each other."
Houston's top chefs are coming together to hold a benefit dinner on Sunday, December 6.
- Chris Shepherd, host chef (Underbelly),
Korean fried chicken, smoked bossam & japchae
- Adam Dorris (Pax Americana),
Smoked beef tartare, fermented pickles, tonnato, mustards, mesquite corn sourdough
- Manabu "Hori" Horiuchi (Kata Robata)
Three kinds of sashimi
- Ronnie Killen (Killen's BBQ, Killen's Steakhouse)
Barbecued beef ribs
- Hugo Ortega (Hugo's, Caracol, Backstreet Cafe)
Tamales de langosta con mole amarillo
- Ryan Pera (Coltivare, Revival Market)
Whole roasted gulf fish, sauted local greens, steamed garlic
- Seth Siegel-Gardner & Terrence Gallivan (The Pass & Provisions)
Cresta di gallo
- Justin Yu & Karen Man (Oxheart)
Kimchee & cheese stew (American budae jjigae) and bread service
- Philip Speer (formerly of Uchi)
Curried sweet potato
- Rebecca Masson (Fluff Bake Bar)
Pistachio cake with whipped marscapone and griotte cherries
- David Buehrer & Ecky Prabanto (Greenway Coffee)
Coffee service
- Justin Vann, sommelier (Oxheart, Public Services)
Tickets are available with a suggested donations of $300/person. They are available at Fluff Bake Bar, Underbelly, Oxheart, and Killens BBQ.
Fenton's friends have also created a GoFundMe page to help pay her medical expenses.
