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The Pittsburgh Steelers may not be playing in Super Bowl LIV, but the city and the team will be well represented at an annual fundraiser on Super Bowl eve in South Florida to help support the fight against hunger.
Scott Walton, executive chef at Acorn restaurant in Shadyside, and Andy Russell, a former linebacker and part of the “Steel Curtain” defense for the Steelers in the 1970s, will team up at Taste of the NFL Feb. 1, the night before the Super Bowl.
This year’s fundraising event, being held at The Diplomat Beach Resort in nearby Hollywood, Fla., includes former Miami Dolphins’ coach Don Shula, national honorary chairman; chef Andrew Zimmern, national culinary host; chef Adam Richman, Florida culinary host, and retired NFL linebacker Ben Leber as national player host.
‘Party with a Purpose’
Chefs from around the country and NFL players participate in the $700-a-ticket strolling food and wine event, also known as the “Party with a Purpose,” with proceeds benefiting food pantries across the country, including the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Russell is in his 11th year as the Steelers ambassador and this is Walton’s second year as his partner and chef who creates and prepares Pittsburgh’s dish for the event.
He will be preparing Lomi Lomi Verlasso Salmon, a traditional Polynesian dish that involves curing the salmon — some 150 pounds of it — in salt before it is shredded, seasoned and served on a bed of sweet potato glass noodles with tomatoes and vegetables, tossed with soy, sesame and ginger.
Courtesy of Brian Singer and Acorn
Lomi Lomi Verlasso Salmon is a dish that Scott Walton, executive chef at Acorn restaurant in Shadyside, will recreate at Taste of the NFL.
“I love the simplicity of it,” Walton said of his dish. “I wanted something light and refreshing that would hold its integrity in a room filled with 3,000 guests.”
Former Heinz Field chef
Preparing food for such a large crowd didn’t intimidate the chef last year when he first experienced the Taste of the NFL event. Before joining Acorn, which he and his partners Brian Singer and Jason Akemann opened in fall 2017, Walton served as executive chef at Heinz Field, when he moved to Pittsburgh in 2014 from Chicago.
“I went from cooking for 20 people (in his previous restaurant) to cooking for 70,000 in Heinz Field, with 140 suites of the most influential people in Pittsburgh and 300 events outside of football weekends,” he said. “I did 20 weddings my first year there.”
Russell is looking forward to the Super Bowl pre-party, where his primary job is to socialize with guests who visit the Steelers’ booth.
“I really enjoy it,” he said. “The Steelers always have the biggest lines of fans from all over the world. I’ve met people from Hong Kong, Singapore, even from Saudi Arabia.”
The Taste of the NFL event and its Kick Hunger Challenge counterpart asks fans to support the cause in their communities by donating online at kickhungerchallenge.com prior to the Taste of the NFL. It is is an important initiative, according to the Steelers veteran.
“It helps to stop hunger in America,” Russell said. “There are places and people that are struggling for lack of food. This is an event that changes that.”
Russell and his wife Cindy kicked off the Kick Hunger Challenge Steelers campaign with a $500 donation.
Candy Williams is a Tribune-Review contributing writer.
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