NANCY SILVERTON AND MAKER'S MARK WHISKEY COLLABORATE TO FEED LOS ANGELES' UNEMPLOYED RESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY

Los Angeles chef Nancy Silverton, a long-time red wine aficionado is about to become a whiskey drinker. Maker’s Mark, to be exact.

The Kentucky bourbon maker reached out Wednesday to announced a partnership with Nancy for a $50,000 funded project that will be used to buy food and other supplies and feed - for free - the masses of recently laid-off restaurant employees. The food will be served out of Mozza2Go. The program will start Thursday night. Initially, it will last two weeks, but with extra funding will go on beyond that.

Special thanks goes to Edward Lee, chef/owner of restaurants of 610 Magnolia, MilkWood, and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, Kentucky and author of the cookbooks Smoke & Pickles and Buttermilk Graffiti. Edward Lee was the first chef Maker’s Mark approached and he recommended Nancy to them. For that, Nancy is honored.

The Mozza/Maker’s Mark project will likely be very similar to Lee’s at his 610 Magnolia restaurant. Every night hundreds of to-go meals, in addition to items like diapers, wipes, baby food, canned foods and cereals, toilet paper and Tylenol will be offered seven days a week until otherwise noted and pick-up times will be from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Workers will be required to provide a recent pay stub or other proof of restaurant employment.

The Maker’s Mark collaboration will also be implemented in several U.S. cities.

According to confidential sources, Silverton texted Edward Lee this morning that she was “honored” and “I won’t let you down”. Of that, there is no doubt.