Specialties Culinary Tampa supports the Tampa Bay diet by providing additional meals

Haley Alfonso, Breahna Nelis, Rayna Metcalf, Kiera Nelis and Ava Covelli help pack meals for Feeding Tampa Bay.

By Lily Belcher

Specialties Culinary Tampa, a chef-inspired gourmet food service, delivered 14,000 meals each week to Feeding Tampa Bay, a food bank advocating for people struggling with food insecurity, in June. Culinary Specialties provided a variety of dishes, including grilled chicken or steak with soups and other side dishes, providing customers with a tasty and healthy meal.

“We are a specialty hospitality wholesaler that sells direct to local chefs,” said Culinary Specialties Tampa sales director April Music. “We make frozen and fresh starters for large parties and weddings. And we also take recipes from local chefs and recreate their products; to make up for their labor shortage. So it’s still the same product that is being manufactured by our USDA facility and delivered to your location ready-to-eat. “

The partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay benefited both Culinary Specialties, where order volumes fell after the COVID-19 outbreak, and Feeding Tampa Bay, where food demand rose as many families fell victim to COVID unemployment.

“We really enjoyed taking over Feeding Tampa Bay and helping the community during that time,” said Music. “God was good to us. We hope that we will always be able to help if necessary. “

To keep up with the increasing amount of meals being prepared in support of Feeding Tampa Bay, Culinary Specialties has hired seven volunteers in addition to its four full-time and five part-time employees.

“It’s hard work, but it’s worth it for the cause,” says part-time worker Rachel Hesse.

Feeding Tampa Bay distributes Culinary Specialties meals each week. In response to the support they provided. Culinary Specialties has received a barrage of cards and thank you notes from Feeding Tampa Bay customers, Music said. The meals and time donated have made it possible for Feeding Tampa Bay to provide for families and individuals in need of food during difficult financial times.

For more information on culinary specialties, visit the Facebook page or email Music at aprilm@culinaryspec.com or call 453-3137.

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