Dine Out to Support Food Service Workers
This October, restaurants across the United States are joining together to raise funds for food service workers in crisis. We are proud to partner with the establishments shown on the map below to raise funds in support of food service workers who face an unexpected crisis such as an illness, injury, home disaster, or death of an immediate family member.
Find a Participating Restaurant Near You
Type in a city, state or zip code in the search box to see the nearest participating locations.
Many restaurants are raising funds throughout the month of October (orange pins). Some restaurants are holding one-day fundraising events, dinners or parties (yellow pins).
Get Your Local Restaurant Involved!
Don’t see your favorite restaurants on the map? There is still time to get involved. Share this form [link out to form] and invite them to raise critical funds.
Share Your Gratitude on Social
Be sure to tag us (@GivingKitchen on all platforms) with #DiningWithGratitude whenever you post on social media so we can reshare your posts and show you some love!
About Giving Kitchen
Giving Kitchen, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit, helps food service workers when they face an illness, injury, death, or house disaster.
The food service industry gives back to the communities in which they serve, Giving Kitchen responds to the need to help food and beverage service workers when they need it the most.
Participate in Dining With Gratitude
During the month of October, we invite food service operators and suppliers nationally to pledge to raise vital awareness and critical funds for Giving Kitchen’s mission to support food service workers in crisis.
We provide turn-key tools that you can incorporate in each stage of your fundraising promotion or to showcase your sponsorship of the campaign. These include:
Planning tools to help you create an easy and effective fundraiser
Training for your employees
Implementation guides including POP materials, scripts and more
Gratitude communication assets to drive diner support and employee engagement
We’re excited to provide educational materials that will help you empower your team! We want to make sure that food service workers know that Giving Kitchen can help them if they, a teammate, or another food service worker in the community should face an unanticipated crisis.
Together, we are Giving Kitchen. We help food service workers.
Become a sponsor of this campaign:
Multi-unit operator and franchisee participation:
Contact Sheila Bennett, Development Director — National Campaigns
“Giving Kitchen enables operators to make an immediate, positive impact on the single most valuable part of the restaurant industry: Its People.”
Thank You to our 2024 Dining With Gratitude Advisory Board
Thank You to our 2024 Dining With Gratitude Committee
Jamie Hyder, Actor and GK Board Member
Bo Kamensky, Deloitte
Lauren Kuzminsky, Main Sail Hotels
Nikke Landa, Think Wits
Dennis Malcolm Bryan, Ale Sharpton, Allways Open Creative Solutions, LLC
Ellen Peacock, Marketing & Partnerships Strategist
Alex Perry, Vestige Restaurant
Shawn Walchef, Cali BBQ Media
Christopher Aiken, Inspiration Kitchens
Nathan Amick, US Foods
Ryan Bee, US Foods
Katie Bishop, Yalla PR and GK GA CEC Member
Chris Chamberlain, Food Writer
Sam Corley IV, Foodies of Nashville
John Dingfelder, Vice Kitchen
Seth Herman, Bev Strategy
Anita Hsu, Lazy Betty, Sweet Auburn BBQ, Gezzo's