Jerry Traunfeld Competes on Top Chef Masters for IGLHRC
04/11/2010
Choosing charities
...One of the first chefs...is Chef Jerry Traunfeld from Poppy Restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Chef Jerry is the author of The Herb Farm Cookbook. His charity was for the International gay rights foundation, IGLHRC.
"Being gay, myself," Chef Traunfeld looked into the camera and said: "It angers me that in 80 countries in the world you could be throw into prison for being gay and lesbian or even perceived for that."
This June, Jerry and his partner Stephen will celebrate their 30th anniversary of being together and Chef Jerry was happy that Bravo asked for photos of Stephen to include in the series.
"Most of the energy of the LGBT community in this country is going into marriage equality," Jerry explains, "And it sucks that Stephen and I can’t marry, but I thought it was most meaningful to choose a charity that advocates for basic human rights of LGBT people worldwide.
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