Preparing a special holiday meal like Thanksgiving dinner takes a lot of extra food and extra work – on top of the effort it takes to serve an average of 1295 meals to people in need every day of the year. It’s estimated about 2700 plates of turkey (and all the fixings) will be served up during the five hour afternoon event on the Thanksgiving Monday.
At the center of this special meal, of course, is delicious roasted turkey. Chef Ric Watson heads up the team of volunteers and staff members who will debone, cook and carve about 90 large turkeys, or an estimated 2300 lbs of turkey, during the entire week before the big dinner.