Event Information

14th annual Austin Empty Bowl Project
Sunday, November 21
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River Street Austin, TX
 

This is an Austin favorite for local artistry, gourmet soups and bread, music and fun, all to help hungry Central Texans.  Purchase locally hand-crafted bowl(s) for $15 each to fill with your pick of delicious soups and bread donated by local chefs. 

Entertaining us this year at the Austin Empty Bowl Project:

Susan Gibson	Woode Wood
Jana Pochop	the McCallum Steel Drum Band
Idgy Vaughn	In the Pocket
the Fireants	Trish and the Beautiful Dolls
Elizabeth Wills	Distant Cousins
Shelley King

Thank you, 2009 sponsors:  107.1 KGSR, Austin REAL Pros REALTORS, The Chronicle, FOX 7, Padgett Stratemann & Co., L.L.P., Randalls and Whole Foods.

Donate Bowls

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If you'd like to donate bowls to the Empty Bowl Project, please drop them off at during normal business hours at  Marmalade Skies or Ceramics Bayou.

How to get your empty bowl and fill it with soup.

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1. Choose your favorite bowl from the thousands of handmade bowls donated by area potters and students.
2. Pay for your bowl(s).  It's $15 per bowl. Make checks payable to the Capital Area Food Bank.  We prefer cash or check if possible, though credit cards will be accepted (Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover).
3. Get your new bowl washed before you get soup.
4. Get your bowl filled with soup and bread from some of Austin's finest restaurants.
5. Enjoy your soup while listening to local, live music.
6. Check out the Austin Empty Bowl t-shirts. They're just $10 each and help cover the cost of the event. Make checks payable to the Capital Area Food Bank.
7. Check out the Quilt by Nancy Elder! Quilt drawing tickets are $1.00 each. The drawing is at 3 p.m. 
8. Bid on a celebrity bowl in the silent auction area.
9. Have your bowl cleaned and wrapped up to take home with you.

2009 Celebrity Bowls

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Lance Armstrong	Dan Dyer	Diane Keaton
Kate Herzig, Asa and Meiko	Fastball	Kris Kristofferson
Joan Baez	The Flatlanders (Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore)	Jimmy La Fave
Marcia Ball	Kinky Friedman	Matt the Electrician
Andy Baldwin	Billy Gibbons	Dee Dee Myers
Joel Berg*	Susan Gibson	Turk Pipkin
BettySoo	Liz Gilbert	Porterdavis
The Biscuit Brothers	The Gourds	Amado Pena
Alton Brown	The Greencards	Rent (Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp)
Carol Burnett	Kathy Griffin	Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell
Jean-Loup Chretien	Bill Hader	Bob Schneider
Gary Clark, Jr.	Hal Holbrook	Bruce Springsteen
John Cruz	Sam Hurt	Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis
Robert Curbeam	Eddie Izzard	Lily Tomlin
Danny DeVito	Etta James

*includes his book: All You Can Eat – How Hungry is America

2009 Participating Restaurants

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Andiamo Ristorante	Great Harvest Bread Co.	Sweetish Hill
Bistro le Marseilles	Guero’s	Texas Chefs, LLC
Café Josie	Hilton Austin	Texas Culinary Academy
Caffe Macs	Hoover’s Cooking	The Soup Peddler
Chef Chip Henson	Jeffrey’s	Tino’s Greek Café
Chef Ron Cooke	Magnolia Café	Upper Crust
Corazon at Castle Hill	Mandola’s Italian Market	Whip In
Culinary Academy of Austin	Mirabelle	Whole Foods
Drungo Ice House	Querencia at Barton Creek	Wink
Eastside Café	Sazon
El Mercado	Streat

Contact Us

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For more information, email us at austinemptybowl@gmail.com.