Thai Bloom’s Chicken Tom Kha soup received the top honors last night at the Third Annual Soup’s On tasting hosted by the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon and the City of Beaverton. This fundraising event featured entrants from 20 local restaurants, and $12,000 in proceeds benefitted The Oregon Food Bank.

Food insecurity is a serious problem in our community. For the past 2 years, the Oregon Food Bank’s statewide network of regional food banks distributed more than 1 million emergency food boxes. Most adult emergency food recipients are looking for work, working, retired, or disabled. Thirty-four percent of those receiving emergency food are children.

This year’s event was held at the Valley Catholic High School Athletic Center. For a modest entrance fee, residents enjoyed soups, desserts, wine, and coffee donated by local businesses. Guests sampled a wide variety of soups and voted for their favorites. Awards were presented to the top three vote-getters.

“We were honored to be given the opportunity to showcase our most popular soup while joining others in service of our community,” said Walter Bowers, general Manager of Thai Bloom. “It was a pleasant and unexpected surprise to walk away with the Golden Ladle at our first appearance at the event.”