Swamp Daddy’s will host a fundraiser for addiction recovery efforts

The owners of downtown Creole restaurant Swamp Daddy’s Cajun Kitchen will host a fundraiser this week for Face It TOGETHER, an area nonprofit that supports addiction recovery.

Del’Inkka and Julian Beaudion hosted Face It in the Fire Thursday, a charity event that will feature ingredient-specific cooking between 11 area chefs at the Washington Pavilion. Two chefs will engage in a final battle live on stage and guests will be able to vote for a winner at the end of the night.

What is Face It TOGETHER? Learn more about our Addiction Wellness Center in Sioux Falls.

During the competition, guests can mingle among appetizers, desserts and mocktails from area restaurants while also learning more about Face It TOGETHER, a team of coaches who support people affected by alcohol or other drug addictions, mostly at no cost to them, in a safe place. environment

Del'Inkka Beaudion is co-owner of Swamp Daddy's Cajun Kitchen in Sioux Falls. — Del’Inkka Beaudion is co-owner of Swamp Daddy’s Cajun Kitchen in Sioux Falls.

Ally Krupinsky, director of communications for Face It TOGETHER, said Swamp Daddy’s has had a strong relationship with her organization for more than a year. Julian Beaudion serves on the board of directors of Face It TOGETHER and has also participated in Face It TOGETHER’s FIT @ Work, a free mental health training program offered to Swamp Daddy employees and their families.

Swamp Daddy’s Resilience: Southern Cajun Sioux Falls Creole restaurant to reopen after three major damages

A restaurant in recovery

Swamp Daddy’s, in the Jones Building on North Phillips Avenue, continues to emerge on the restaurant scene after closing last spring to renovate from a glycol leak. And this isn’t the first obstacle they’ve faced since opening in 2020. They had a fire last year and a flood in 2022, both of which only required them to close for a few weeks.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been open and been able to serve our community, and we definitely miss that,” Del’Inkka Beaudion said in an Argus Leader story earlier this summer. After a six-month closure, they reopened in August with an updated menu and fan-favorite gator dishes in store.