{"id":50851,"date":"2017-11-01T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50851"},"modified":"2017-11-01T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T16:39:42","slug":"artsquests-souper-culinary-event-returns-to-warm-up-your-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=50851","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest\u2019s \u2018Souper\u2019 Culinary Event Returns to Warm Up Your Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Featured photo by Emily Cummins<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Popular Souper Bowl fundraiser at SteelStacks returns Jan. 27; tickets on sale today at 10 a.m.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA&#8211;Join ArtsQuest for a \u2018souper\u2019 tasty fundraiser as the nonprofit\u2019s annual Souper Bowl, benefiting its Arts Education Fund, returns for a delicious ninth year Jan. 27. Tickets for the popular event, presented by the Restaurant Store, are on sale now at www.steelstacks.org  and 610-332-3378. General admission tickets are $30 for ArtsQuest Members and $35 for the public. VIP tickets, which include early entrance to the event for the first chance to taste the soups and meet the chefs, are $55 for ArtsQuest Members and $60 for the public.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50853\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0541-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Emily Cummins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Souper Bowl starts at 11 a.m. with its VIP Hour, followed by the public session from noon-3 p.m. During the afternoon, attendees can taste all of the delicious soups presented by restaurants and caterers from throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>After sampling, guests can then vote for their favorites, with the winning restaurant named the Souper Bowl Champion! In addition, a panel of judges will sample all the soups and award the best entries in six different categories including Vegetarian, Seafood-Based, Cream-Based, Meat-Based, Ethnic and Most Original. The afternoon also features live entertainment from the Dan DeChellis Trio and a raffle that includes prizes donated by the participating restaurants.<br \/>\n<b>Restaurants and caterers confirmed for the 2018 Souper Bowl so far are:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         187 Rue Principale, Emmaus<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Aramark at SteelStacks, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Caf\u00e9 The Lodge, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Cathy\u2019s Creative Catering, Catasauqua<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Copperhead Grille, Allentown<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Emeril\u2019s Fish House, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Iron Lakes Country Club, Allentown<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Johnny\u2019s Bagels and Deli, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Molly\u2019s Irish Grille &amp; Sports Pub, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Roosevelt\u2019s 21st, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Social Still, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Southside 313, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         The Steel Pub, Bethlehem<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         The View at Morgan Hill, Easton<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Volpe\u2019s Sports Bar &amp; Grill, Emmaus &amp; Allentown<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Whole Foods, Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the Souper Bowl presented by the Restaurant Store support ArtsQuest\u2019s art and education programs for area students. Since the first Souper Bowl in 2010, more than $100,000 has been raised from the event to support local arts programming.<br \/>\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\">www.steelstacks.org<\/a> or call 610-332-3378.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information and images provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/enlight10.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}