PUHI — The sit-in diners at the Souper Bowl Sunday event vary with the season, as diners this year opted to make their soup orders to-go. “We’re doing really well,” said Susan Pittman of Clayworks at Kilohana, the event host.
PUHI — The sit-in diners at the Souper Bowl Sunday event vary with the season, as diners this year opted to make their soup orders to-go.
“We’re doing really well,” said Susan Pittman of Clayworks at Kilohana, the event host. “We had more than 130 orders and what you see today is a lot of walk-ins. Overall, this is going to be a good event.”
The Souper Bowl Sunday event started several years ago as a benefit for the Kaua‘i Food Bank, represented by Kelvin Moniz before he had to adjourn to his mother’s house for his own National Football League Super Bowl party.
“You could tell he was ready to go,” said Pittman. “From the time he got here, he was excited.”
Former county prosecutor Craig De Costa had two tickets for the event, noting that he would be taking his soup to-go this year but making time to chat with Ron and Laura Wiley and Paul Douglass and his son, who had arrived earlier and were comfortable in the outdoor seating area behind the gallery.
For a $25 donation, diners were treated to a helping of Cream of Turkey and Wild Rice soup prepared by the culinary staff of Gaylord’s, and once the soup was enjoyed, diners got to take home the hand-made ceramic dish.
“The Gaylord’s people always do a great job with the soup,” Ron Wiley said. “And it’s always a surprise. You never get two years with the same soup.”
The Wileys said they came early so they could go home and get to watch some of the Australian Open before the kickoff of the big game.
