Our Kids Soup Sunday is always a favorite event on the culinary calendar, with local restaurants and catering operations presenting their finest bowls of soup for judging by a panel of experts. The event is a major fundraiser for Our Kids, an organization which helps to provide medical services and crisis counseling for children who have been victims of sexual abuse and which operates four satellite clinics across Middle Tennessee.
Of course, the current pandemic conditions don’t really lend themselves to hundreds of people gathering to sample soup ladled from common containers, so the event organizers have had to do a little scrambling to keep the spirit alive. Their new iteration will be called Soup Sunday: Homestyle, and it will still offer the opportunity to enjoy a whole lotta soups, just from the safety and comfort of your own home.
Participating restaurants will offer their greatest hits or newest concoctions. Soup Sunday supporters will pre-order them by the quart online at the event website starting today, Feb. 9, to be picked up at the Our Kids headquarters (1804 Hayes Street) on Sunday, Feb, 28. Clear out some fridge or freezer space, and pick from some of your favorite spots, such as Bacon & Caviar Gourmet Catering, 615Chutney, The Cafe at Thistle Farms and more.Â
If you’d rather stretch your slurping out over a month, Our Kids is also selling a Soup Passport at the event website, which will entitle you to a free bowl of soup with the purchase of any entree item at the participating restaurants from Feb. 28 until March 31 — and you don't have to worry about the late Rodney Dangerfield ribbing you about your golf hat! Or you can buy quarts and the passport, because soup is good food!
