Please join Helping Hands, Inc. for the 21st annual A Chef’s Extravaganza at the beautiful Palmetto Terrace Ballroom in the heart of North Augusta! Lead Chef: Ed DeFelice of Brinkley's Chop House Menu Hors d’oeuvres Goat cheese tartlet with pomegranate molasses and preserved lemon marmalade Hummus cups with sumac and toasted chickpeas Mixed olive and Date tapenade on lavash crisps with pickled vegetables Chef Jeff Hairston First Course North African Surf & Turf: Lamb Merguez meatball, braised Spanish octopus, almond puree, dried apricot & fennel salad, hard cider reduction Chef Ed DeFelice, Brinkley’s Restaurant Group Second Course Braised Chicken Thighs, ras el hanout, cous cous Chef Dave McCluskey, Augustino’s Third Course Spiced Quail, jollof rice, braised root vegetable and pickled vegetable slaw Chef Greg Mueller, recteq Fourth Course Tajine of Lamb Shoulder, dried apricots, figs, and saffron over Israeli cous cous Chef Chad Jajczyk, Whiskey Alley & The Red Door Fifth Course Cardamom Muhallabia with Spiced Blood Orange Compote, Hibiscus-Honey Syrup, Toasted Pistachios, Caramelized Blood Orange Slices Chef Lee Bryant, The Wildemount