March is Red Cross Month

NEW YORK, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly 100 years, Presidents of the United States have called on its citizens to support the Red Cross and its humanitarian mission. Top Chef Meals, a Westchester County and Manhattan-based creator of high-quality, home-delivered gourmet meals, is doing its part having recently entered into a two year partnership with the American Red Cross Greater NY Region to serve as a provider of emergency meals during a large-scale disaster. The Region includes six American Red Cross chapters: Greater New York, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Shelter Island, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

The American Red Cross Greater NY Region assists New York City residents daily, having recently helped over 400 people affected by 29 fires and other incidents within the region over the course of a weekend. Top Chef Meals was selected as an American Red Cross meal provider for its ability to quickly prepare and deliver meals to various locations within the metro NY Region. "Our planning efforts include identifying and contracting with catering operations that have the capacity to prepare large quantities of food in support of large-scale emergencies," said Sharon Hawa, Director of Mass Care and Sheltering for the American Red Cross in Greater New York. As the region's lead Chapter, the Greater New York American Red Cross jurisdiction includes the five boroughs of New York City as well as Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Rockland Counties. "Top Chef Meals founder Paul Ghiron has experience in the disaster response field and understands the immediate and ever-changing needs of a disaster scenario."

With the recent expansion of its production, storage and freezer space, Top Chef Meals can prepare 8,000 meals per day. The company will be able to respond to needs seamlessly, without interrupting its day-to-day operations. "Top Chef Meals can prepare and deliver thousands of meals almost immediately should the need arise," said Ghiron, who is also president of Top Chef Meals' parent company, corporate caterer Crystal Spoon Corp. "We will support the American Red Cross Greater NY Region and are proud to be involved with the organization during Red Cross Month and beyond."

Top Chef Meals received the Best of Westchester 2010 Award for "Company with a Heart" from Westchester Magazine and is the chosen meal provider for homebound individuals, families, and busy professionals.

Top Chef Meals is located at 175 Clearbrook Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523, 914.372.7083, and at 255 W 36 Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10018, telephone 212-905-5060, fax 646-367-4960, www.topchefmeals.com.  

About Top Chef Meals

Top Chef Meals, established in 2010, provides high-quality, affordable, and nutritious gourmet meals delivered or shipped overnight to elderly and homebound persons in Westchester County, the five boroughs of New York City, and throughout New York State. Top Chef Meals is a division of Crystal Spoon, a leading corporate caterer in Westchester, and was inspired by the efforts of Crystal Spoon President Paul Ghiron to find a healthier and more flavorful alternative to grocery store frozen foods for his 80-year old father. Crystal Spoon is the premier caterer to businesses, corporations, and institutions in Westchester County and surrounding areas and specializes in large-scale, high quality food production. For more information about Top Chef Meals, please visit www.topchefmeals.com and check out a video of founder Paul Ghiron discussing Top Chef Meals.

SOURCE Top Chef Meals