vikas khanna

“COOKING FOR LIFE” PARTNERS

WITH SATH, EGYPT HAS IT ALL

 

Vikas Khanna’s New York Chefs “Cooking for Life,” SATH and Egypt Has It All bring to Egypt some of the premier Chefs of New York City in a unique mission to raise finances and create awareness for SATH (Society for Accessible Travel and Hospitality).

The Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH),founded in 1976,is an educational nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to raise awareness of the needs of all travelers with disabilities, remove physical and attitudinal barriers to free access and expand travel opportunities in the United States and abroad. Members include travel professionals, consumers with disabilities and other individuals and corporations.

Egypt has it all, a Canadian Travel Company, has a specialized traveling program for people with disabilities. New York Chefs “Cooking for Life” is a non-profit foundation founded by New York City Chef Vikas Khanna in 2003 to raise awareness and money for various causes around the world.“Food is the sacred binding force of humanity”believes Chef Khanna. The ‘Venue’ is the Mena House Oberoi, in Cairo, Egypt on July 20, 2006, from 7pm to 11pm. “The Living Pyramids” is the first of a series of events planned to promote accessibility at some of the greatest Wonders of the World. In this event, Premier Chefs from New York City come together to create culinary masterpieces for discerning guests in the shadow of the Pyramids of Egypt.

Using Egyptian ingredients, 20 New York City chefs will prepare a variety of culinary delights that showcase their gastronomic skills. The chefs will be selected by popular voting. Each selected chef will receive two air tickets, 4- days/3-nights hotel accommodation, ‘Dinner on Nile,’ and a sightseeing tour of Cairo, courtesy of Egypt Has It All.The next event envisioned in this series is “The Soul of Taj”, to be hosted at The Taj Mahal, India in 2007.

SATH, sathtravel@aol.com, www.sath.org; Egypt has it all, Shaher@egypthasitall. com, www.egypthasitall.com