Lisa Garza (File photo)
Word has just arrived that in addition to the Celebrity Waiter Luncheon servers (Michelle Anderson, Aubree-Anna, Nicole Barrett, Ashley Burghardt, Linda Cook, Connie Dieb, Lynae Fearing, Bernadette Fiaschetti, Julie Fine, Lea Fisher, Lisa Garza, Shay Geyer, Shona Gilbert, Deanna Johnson, Ray Johnston, Sarah Jones, Darren Kozelsky, LeeAnne Locken, Dawn Mellon, Liz Mikel, JD Miller, Matt Nordgren, Susan O’Brien, Susan Pielsticker, Lisa Pineiro, Tracy Rathbun, Hunter Sullivan, Amy Vanderoef, Shane Walker, Akron Watson and Anthony Wilkinson), organizers swear that this year’s luncheon will be a tad bit more PG-rated. The fun and antics will still be there with emcees WFAA’s Ron Corning and former Modern Luxury editor Stacy Girard, but it won’t push the Celebrities Gone Wild arrow off the meter.
In fact there’s a big old surprise planned.
Want a hint of what it is?
Of course, you do, you demanding soul. Well, Next Food Food Network Star Lisa Garza is going to share for the first time publicly “her personal experience with homeless.” As she said in a June 2008 Food Network Addict post, “I will never forget where I came from. I will never forget what it feels like to be hopeless and in need of love. I don’t throw change at the homeless, I hug them, I love them and I feed them.”
That tale alone may well be worth the price of lunch ticket that benefits Family Gateway.
BTW, for Celebrity Waiter Luncheon vets, remember to head your cars to The Joule this year. It ain’t at the Ritz.