Party in the Kitchen
Save the date for our 22nd Annual Party in the Kitchen!
September 25, 2025
The Foundry at Puritan Mill
Please join us in West Midtown for our annual fundraiser centered around culinary excellence in Atlanta! Sponsorship opportunities and event tickets are available now. For more sponsorship information, please contact our Senior Manager of Corporate and Faith Partnerships via email.
Thank you to our 2025 Co-Chairs!
Event Co-Chairs: Marc Castillo, Heather Froy, and Victor Macias
Chef Co-Chairs: Peter Kaiser and Kevin Rathbun
We are honored to partner with some of Atlanta's best restaurants and chefs.
No matter your tastes, you're sure to experience delectable drinks and bites at Party in the Kitchen courtesy of our incredible restaurant partners. We are honored to have the support of such esteemed Atlanta restaurants and their chefs, including our Chef Co-Chairs, Chef Kevin Rathbun and Chef Peter Kaiser.
Meet Our Chef Co-Chairs
Chef Kevin Rathbun, Kevin Rathbun Steak
Chef Kevin Rathbun’s passion for food and hospitality started in Kansas City, where he started as a dishwasher. Following culinary school, Rathbun went on to New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta to work with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs including Bradley Ogden, Emeril Lagasse, Stephen Pyles, Ella Brennan and Pano Karatassos. In 1994, he was nominated for the James Beard Awards “Rising Star Chef” for his work at Baby Ruth. By 1996, he opened two different flagship restaurants with Buckhead Life Restaurant Group and served as the Corporate Executive Chef, overseeing several restaurants for the group. Rathbun then ventured out on his own in 2004 to open Rathbun’s. Krog Bar, Kevin Rathbun Steak and KR Steakbar followed. Rathbun has graciously chaired Party in the Kitchen for 10 years and contributed much more to Open Hand.
Chef Peter Kaiser, Kaiser's Chophouse
Kaiser’s first real job in the kitchen was at the elite resort restaurant Alpine Rose in Gstaad Switzerland where he was a line cook. He took this experience to his next opportunity, the Michelin Guide restaurant Chez Max in Zurich. Kaiser spent two years at Chez Max, including traveling around the world with owner Max Kell, before settling in the United States. Between 1986 and 2016, Kaiser would travel to Atlanta and work at restaurants in the Buckhead Life group. He went on to become Executive Chef at two different restaurants in the Here to Serve Restaurant Group. In 2017, Kaiser opened Kaiser’s Chophouse in collaboration with Chef Kevin Rathbun. Since its opening, Kaiser has become a frequent supporter of Open Hand, chairing Party in the Kitchen for the second year in a row.