{"id":15889,"date":"2016-11-24T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2016-11-24T12:02:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T17:02:49","slug":"pine-tree-potters-and-local-restaurants-ladle-their-way-past-100000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/pine-tree-potters-and-local-restaurants-ladle-their-way-past-100000\/","title":{"rendered":"Pine Tree Potters and local restaurants ladle their way past $100,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hungry patrons were bowled over by dozens of delicious homemade soups on Thursday as hundreds descended throughout the day to sample the best of what local restaurants \u2013 and the local Pine Tree Potters Guild \u2013 had to offer.
\nIn the process, they raised over $19,000 to be shared between Aurora\u2019s Welcoming Arms, which provides assistance to disadvantaged local residents, as well as Newmarket\u2019s Inn From The Cold, which provides opportunities for local homeless.
\nWhile $19,000 is impressive on its own, what makes this year stand above the others is this total helped push them over the top: over the last seven years, the Pine Tree Potters have now raised a staggering $114,000 for local charities.
\n\u201cThis is our seventh annual event and we sell out every single year,\u201d says Guild member, and Aurora resident, Jacqueline Adamek, who chaired this year\u2019s Empty Bowls event for the very first time. \u201cEmpty Bowls events are held throughout North America and they have been highly successful.\u201d
\nEmpty Bowls events are organized by pottery and ceramics guilds across North America, the Pine Tree Potters being one example. Guilds create hundreds of unique bowls (Pine Tree Potters crafted over 470 bowls for this year\u2019s event alone), into which are ladled a variety of equally unique soups from local chefs and popular restaurants.
\nHeld once again this year at the Aurora Cultural Centre, in conjunction with the Pine Tree Potters annual Holiday Sale, which ran Thursday through Sunday, they held two lunch sittings and a dinner service. Participating restaurants, chefs, and stores included Bijoy\u2019s Restaurant with Yam Avocado soup, King Richard\u2019s English Pub with Butternut Squash, King\u2019s Riding Golf Course with their chef\u2019s special, Hungry Brew Hops with Malaysian Chicken Soup, Aw, Shucks! with clam chowder, Food In Motion with Duck Broth with Rice Noodles and Duck Confit with Sprouts, Fishbone Kitchen and Bar with Roasted Sweet Potato and Ginger, Chuck\u2019s Roadhouse with Tomato and Tortellini, Sobey\u2019s with Raspberry Cheesecake Dessert Soup, Joia with Minestrone, Aqua Grill with Heirloom Tomato Puree, Michael-Angelo\u2019s with Potato Leek, and Le Brehandaise with Mint Pea Veloute, all accompanied by bread from Hurst Bakery and Nature\u2019s Emporium.
\n\u201cWe have a wonderful relationship with the Aurora Cultural Centre,\u201d says Ms. Adamek. \u201cIt is a very special space. We like to support the Aurora Cultural Centre as well. This facility is just a wonderful host.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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