New Orleans restaurants support Asheville restaurants after Hurricane聽Helene

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New Orleans restaurants support Asheville restaurants after Hurricane聽Helene

By Leoneda Inge,

Published December 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM EST

New Orleans restaurants are helping Asheville restaurants for hurricane recovery: Cooks for Carolina is, "A New Orleans dinner series to support Asheville鈥檚 independent restaurants." Exclusive dinners held by chefs and restaurants in NoLa will raise funds for restaurants and employees in Asheville.

Gourmand is one of those restaurants. It was supposed to open in the River Arts District of Asheville. Instead, Gourmand鈥檚 building crashed into the brewery next door.

This wasn鈥檛 the first spot of bad luck for the owners of the restaurant. They moved to Asheville hoping to get away from hurricanes, since they originally opened in New Orleans before Hurricane Ida hit in 2021.

Gourmand has started a GoFundMe , and you can learn more about the Cooks for Carolina series .

Guests:
Katie Grabach and Peyton Barrell are co-owners of the restaurant Gourmand: Wine, Rotisserie, and Spirits which was set to open in the River Arts District of Asheville before it flooded from Hurricane Helene

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 瓜神app, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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