Support Food + Beverage Workers Affected by the Texas Hill Country Floods

Our hearts are with everyone in the Texas Hill Country.

Southern Smoke provides financial relief during the recovery phase of disasters. We’ve committed $150,000 to support affected F+B workers and are prepared to do more. Sysco will match up to $15,000 in donations to amplify our impact.

The Hill Country Relief Fund application will open August 15. For urgent needs like medical or funeral expenses, F+B workers can apply now through our existing relief fund. Our Behind You program also offers no cost counseling to F+B workers.

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Mister Mao
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Sophina Uong’s family fled from war-torn Cambodia when she was two and landed in Long Beach, California. She taught herself how to cook, spending time watching the women around her make everything from pot roast to guisados. Turning her love of cooking into a career, she worked at some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s best restaurants including Restaurant Lulu, Absinthe, and Citizen Cake. Uong opened Andrew Zimmern’s Lucky Cricket restaurant in Minneapolis, then came to New Orleans to unite a love of Southern cuisine with her California upbringing. Mister Mao opened in 2021 and was named one of Bon Appetit’s 50 Best New Restaurants 2022.