What did you get your mom for the holidays? Thanks to Buzzmedia’s Celebuzz, AT&T and Celebrity Chef Michael Voltaggio, one lucky daughter was able to give their mother ‘A Gift Money Can’t Buy.’
As part of the special holiday campaign, which celebrated the gift of giving, Bravo’s Top Chef season six winner Michael Voltaggio treated Washington D.C.’s Morgan Sykes, her mother, Shireen Dodson, Morgan’s grandmother and another close friend of Morgan’s mother, to a post-holiday, personally prepared four-course feast at Dodson’s D.C. area home this past Saturday.
“The holidays often become more about giving gifts you can’t afford than giving something meaningful,” said Michael Voltaggio. “Thanks to Buzzmedia, Celebuzz and AT&T, I was happy to be able to able to give something that puts the focus back on the important things: family and food. There’s nothing that gives me greater pleasure than sharing my love of cooking.”
Sykes was chosen as the lucky winner from thousands of entries, and proclaimed that the dinner was one she’ll never forget. “I think this is by far the best gift I’ve ever given my mother. She is definitely a self-proclaimed foodie with years of food experience to back it up,” said Sykes. “I will venture out on a limb and say that hopefully I have provided her one of the best meals she has ever had, especially considering that it was not only cooked in the comfort of her own home. Thank you so much to Celebuzz and AT&T for providing this wonderful experience and allowing us to all come together and have a delicious meal with chef Voltaggio.”
Was there a better Christmas gift that a mother could ever receive? When asked, Dodson couldn’t think of one.
“This was a one in a million, experience of a lifetime, and I love my daughter Morgan for giving this to me as a Christmas present. You could not ask for a better Christmas present than an amazing dinner at your own home with a chef like Michael Voltaggio,” said Dodson. “Every course was unique and interesting — I wish I could keep him as my personal chef.”
Check out Celebuzz’s slideshow on the evening here.