This winter, let’s turnip the heat!

HOW SPICY IS YOUR GENEROSITY?

This winter, turnip the heat on your generosity and move up the Scoville Scale! All donated funds will support food literacy programming for B.C. kids this 2024/2025 school year!

To Turnip the Heat, simply make a donation from November 24th to December 31st, 2024. When you donate, you’ll automatically be entered in our weekly spicy prize draw, and we’ll add you to our Scoville Scale of spicy supporters (you can also be anonymous if you prefer). Plus, each week, we’ll add a spicy recipe from our chefs for you to enjoy!

All funds raised contribute to our $15,000 Turnip the Heat campaign goal (and donors will receive a 2024 charitable tax receipt). Let’s close out 2024 with a spicy sizzle!

WAYS TO DONATE

Online: Click the donate button below to give online through CanadaHelps.org.
E-transfer: Donations can be sent to accounts@growingchefs.ca.

Cheque: Cheques can be addressed to “Growing Chefs” and mailed to our office:
Growing Chefs
500 - 610 Main St
Vancouver B.C.
V6A 2V3

 

Jalapeño or Serrano?

Donate to have you your name added to the list of spicy supporters below (we’ll always ask your permission first).

What Pepper will you be?
$5,000+ - Ghost Pepper
$2,500-$4,999 - Fatalii Pepper
$1,000-$2,499 - Habanero Pepper
$500-$999 - Serrano Pepper
$100-$499 - Jalapeño Pepper
Under $100 - Poblano Pepper

Weekly Peppery Prize Draw

Donate between December 15-21, 2024 and you’ll automatically be entered
in the Peppery Prize Draw for that week.

Week Four Prize (Dec 15- 21)
House of Knives: Kori Artisan 8" Chef Knife, Kussi Bamboo Dual Sided Slim Board
Twisting Maple: Selection of seasoning and sauces
Kasama Chocolate: 3 packets of Chai Spice Drinking Chocolate Epicure Preserves: 3 jars of preserves
(Approximate Value: $446.00)

Are you a Champion Radish Monthly Donor? You are already added into the draw for the week that you donate.

Contest Rules

Our staff submitted their favorite spicy recipes to warm up your winter. We’ll be adding a new recipe to try each week!

Week Three Recipe (Dec 15 - Dec 21)

ANCHO CHILI CHOCOLATE SUNDAE

from LunchLAB Sous Chef, Dexter Everett


2024 SPICY SUPPORTERS

Thank you so much for your generosity!

 

Ghost Pepper

($5,000+)

  • Virginia Angus (Matching all Turnip the Heat donations up to $5,000.00)

Fatalii Pepper

($2,500-$4,999)

  • Donate to have your name added here!

Habanero Pepper

($1,000-$2,499)

  • Refuge Dockside Kitchen

Serrano Pepper

($500-$999)

  • 80/20 Living & Company

  • Maureen Haddock

  • Donate to have your name added here!

Jalapeño Pepper

($100-$499)

  • Peter Blitz

  • Maureen Boliszczuk

  • Christine, Brent, Brittany and Rian

  • Graham MacLennan

  • Kelly Samuels and Jacob Kojfman

  • Anne Stobart

  • Darren Stott

  • 4 Anonymous Jalapeño Peppers!

  • Donate to have your name added here!

Poblano Pepper

(under $100)

  • Ted Anderson

  • Erin Ashenhurst

  • Marnie Bailey

  • Parker Bailey

  • Richard Banner

  • Mike Beales

  • Nick Bedford

  • Stania Bedford

  • Afton Bell

  • Darlene Bell

  • David Berson

  • Kathleen Beveridge

  • Christina Boliszczuk

  • Wendy & Tim Boys & Oxenford

  • Carolyne Buhr

  • Lisa Campardo

  • Pauli-Ann and Dan Carriere

  • Margo Chapman-Kendall

  • Valdine Ciwko

  • Alison Coelho

  • Jessie Corey

  • Phillip Cote

  • Lindsay Coughlin

  • Bruce and Susan Coulbourn

  • Andria Coulbourn

  • Brenda & Mark Coulbourn

  • Cayley Coulbourn

  • Simon Cowell

  • Karen Dar Woon

  • Damienne Darby

  • Chana Davis

  • Sam Debellis

  • Carol Dyck

  • Gillie Easdon

  • Colleen & Victor Elderton

  • Ashley Fehr

  • Emily Fergusson

  • Hélène Frohard-Dourlent

  • Mia & Sari Fujikawa

  • Emma Ghattas

  • Mary Gillis

  • Shauna Gold Personal Real Estate Corporation

  • Maureen Haddock

  • Malloreigh Hamilton

  • Jackie Ho

  • Omar Kassis

  • Maryam Khorshidfar

  • Kyle Kuharski

  • Elaine Leung

  • Vanessa Leung

  • Michael Levitt

  • Dave Lidstone

  • Brent Mansfield

  • Misha Martinot

  • Mary McGivern

  • Amrit Minhas

  • Kris Montpetit

  • Ken Nielsen

  • Carly O'Rourke

  • Linda Olson

  • Liz Overton

  • Goran Pavlovic

  • Risa Payant

  • Alexa Pitoulis

  • Rachel Rabinovitch

  • Diana Ralston

  • Andrea Rasmussen

  • Lisa Rilkoff

  • Devi Sangara

  • Mike Sentner

  • Ellen & Bill Schwartz

  • Merri Schwartz

  • Amy Schwartz

  • Kate Shapiro

  • Mike Shearer

  • Craig and Heather Shupe

  • Morgan Shupe

  • Laura Smit

  • Jessica Spraggs

  • Leela Steiner

  • Joel Stirke

  • Debby Tay

  • Tara Trethewey

  • The Thomas Family

  • Christine Thompson

  • Christine Van Poelgeest

  • Roshni Veerapen

  • Mark Vessey

  • Brad Vigue

  • Sally R. Warren

  • S. Washbrook

  • Sheri Weichel

  • Jennifer Whately

  • Jaydeen Williams

  • Héloïse Winterbotham

  • Lynn Wittenberg

  • Jeff Yu

  • Sally Zaplatynsky

  • Norrie Zaplatynsky

  • Janelle Zwarych

  • 57 Anonymous Poblano Peppers!

  • Donate to have your name added here!

 Spicy Recipes

WEEKLY PRIZE DRAW SPONSORS