news release

The Source’s Dignity Foods team won two First Place awards in the recent Florida Craft Brew and Wingfest. They won 1st place in the “Independent Chef” category as well as 1^st place in the “People Choice Award.”with their popular wing recipe entitled “Mo Wings,” named in honor of the former Source Assistant Executive Director Maureen Archer, who died last year. The wings are made with a sweet Jalapeno pineapple sauce and presented in a pineapple shell.

Sunrise Rotary Vero Beach hosted the 11th Annual Florida Craft Brew and Wingfest on Saturday, February 18 at Royal Palm Pointe in Vero Beach. Patrons purchased a tasting bracelet to sample hundreds of delicious craft brews and fill up on chicken wings prepared by local chefs and amateur competitors vying for glory in the wing competition while mingling with friends and family and listening to local bands.

The Judges for the Best Wings in Vero came from the City of Vero Beach…Chief Curry, Jason Jefferies, Jim O’Connell, Sean Collins, Monty Falls and Brandon Dambeck with criteria featuring contestant presentation and taste based on a blind taste-test.

Anthony Zorbaugh, Executive Director of The Source, praised the team. “To see our culinary students and staff continue to perform at such a high level of cooking is exciting. We are changing lives one plate at a time.”

The Source offers the Dining with Dignity Program to their homeless members, which includes a 6, 12 and 18-week professional training program, ultimately helping them find suitable employment within the food industry while cooking meals for in-house members as well as, local businesses and non-profit organizations. Dignity Foods has two food trucks in the area daily geared to selling award-winning foods throughout the community while providing additional training for culinary students. The award-winning “Mo” Wings are on the daily menu.

For more information on The Source and their programs, contact Anthony Zorbaugh at 564-0202 or visit www.iamthesource.org.