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Jai Jagat New Dates! May 17th and 19th

American Consulate decided to recall all the visas. And asked that all parents – mom and dad – be present for a final interview with the kids; throwing our months and months of preparation out of the window. Monday they issued the final visa. So we had to move everything 2 weeks out. This has been quite an experience. I feel like I have been through the grinder.

Please make a note of the changes and book your tickets.
May 17th in San Jose: https://www.jaijagattour.com/sanjose
May 19th in Oakland: https://www.jaijagattour.com/oakland

Jai Jagat Facebook link

All is well which ends well. They are all on the way. Let me know which show you can attend and how many tickets you need.

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Spring India Day 2019 – Saturday, June 8

We are thrilled beyond words to share our extraordinary event that has touched thousands over the years in downtown San Francisco. This year we are expanding our horizons by adding “Experience India” as a strong theme. We want attendees to “feel” India through various activities. By weaving in local culture we will help attendees uncover the relevance of India’s heritage in our modern world in the USA.
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Angels Meet For Lunch!

Every so often a group of angels from Open Table gather at New Delhi Restaurant with Ranjan playing the role of Charlie. They talk about how to solve the problems of the world, where their energy will do the most good and what the next mission should be. Today they decided to keep it simple: Enjoy a delicious lunch, some wonderful company and continue the mission of supporting Compassionate Chefs Cafe with a spontaneous $100 donation. Thanks so much, Denise, Amanda and Chiara!

Every donation helps – if you would like to help too, please click here and donate in any amount.

The Voyage of Black Pepper

The Asian Society of Northern California is hosting their annual open house. This year, the food sponsor and speaker will be none other than Ranjan Dey! As part of the evening’s festivities, Ranjan will be giving a talk about the Indian city of Kochi and the role pepper plays in the history of India and it’s food.

Anyone and everyone are welcome to this event – it is an open house, after all!

Thu 14 Sep 2017
5:30pm – 8:00pm
500 Washington Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
FREE ASNC Members/Non-Members Suggested Donation of $20

Click here for tickets and more information.

To whet your appetite, here’s a video of Ranjan explaining the history of Indian pepper while in India – Kochin, to be exact.

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Update on the Legacy & Legends Wine Dinner

The funds are still rising from our July 6th wine dinner. In addition to the nearly $2,000 we raised that night, we have received an additional $1000 for the kids of Compassionate Chefs Cafe!

The donor wishes to remain anonymous, but our thanks is public. Thank you so much!

See more photos from the fabulous evening on our Facebook album.

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Save the Date: May 4th with 21st Amendment Brewery

Ranjan Dey invites you to join him in celebration of New Delhi Restaurant’s 30 year legacy by enjoying a legendary evening in our bar with Bay Area brewers 21st Amendment. The festivities begin Thursday, May 4th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Be part of the conversation about the stories and people that helped create these two San Francisco legends.

This event will benefit the kids of Compassionate Chefs Cafe in helping us raise $30,000 to help build the HeART Center in Ahmedabad, India and create a reunion of the Tenderloin After School Program kids with their counterparts in India.

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Funds and Fun were raised!

The Compassionate Chefs Cafe Fund raiser was a great success.
Together we raised almost $7000! Your support will help the kids of
Compassionate Chefs Cafe become global citizens. For more pictures, visit us at Facebook

The Cooking Twins complete their masterpiece.
Head of Raffle Ticket Sales: Gabe.
A happy door prize winner.
Happy people enjoying dinner.
The staff of Compassionate Chefs – who make it all possible.
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CCC and Project Ahimsa helped each other

In May, CCC was able to donate a bit to Project Ahimsa and got some matching funds in return. Our donation was matched for a grand total of $10,000. Yay for teamwork!

From their site:
Project Ahimsa raises funds the fun way – via music benefit performances. These resources become micro grants of a few thousand dollars each that support a music teacher or instrument purchases by local and international non-profits from Thailand to Tanzania.

Sonoma Sessions is our 23rd event over the past 11 years. We’re gonna break our single-event fundraising record by raising $40,000. This will be our very first event in Sonoma County and our first day-time event. A variety of corporate sponsors have underwritten the expenses of the event so that 100% of your donation goes to education programs.

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August 2011 Compassionate Chefs Cafe Gala Summary!

Twice every year, New Delhi Restaurant transforms into “Compassionate Chefs Cafe”- a unique space of giving and selfless service. At this event, you won’t receive a bill for the food you eat, because it is offered to you purely as a gift, with great love. In turn, you can “pay it forward” – whatever amount you wish – offering a gift of your own will go directly towards youth enrichment programs supported by Compassionate Chefs Cafe.

Our August 2011 fundraiser was another lovely evening that brought together people from all walks to life to help raise funds for a beautiful cause. We had a representative from the Tenderloin After School program that shared information about the importance of the program and the kids it supports. We also had a young woman who actually graduated from the program and has now returned to volunteer. She talked about the encouragement and support she received while she was in the program.

There was delicious gourmet Indian food catered by New Delhi Restaurant. Henna Garden was in the house as always providing beautiful mehndi for the guests. DJ Amar was behind the decks holding down the music. Beautiful dance performances were shared by the Dholrhythms Dance Company’s student troupe called “Rhythms of Punjab” that performed Bhangra as well as a bellydance performance by Calamity Sam.

We also sold Compassionate Chef’s cafe tshirts especially designed for this event by founder Ranjan Dey’s daughter Sarah Dey. We raised almost $4000 at this fundraiser. All the funds will be allocated to the projects we currently support, Ekatava in Ahemadabad, India and The Tenderloin after school program here in San Francisco. We are very grateful to everyone that joined us and opened up their hearts and pockets to help support our projects. Our next fundraiser will be in November and we hope you’ll be able to join us again.

Many thanks again from Compassionate Chefs Cafe!