Special Events

Don’t miss the holiday pop-up being hosted at @artspace_utah on the 10th!! Come by to try delicious food from SPICE entrepreneurs or shop for some amazing holiday gifts from the artisan vendors. We hope to see you there!!

The Discover Food Festival, presented by the IRC in Salt Lake City and Charcuterie Artisans, will offer community members the opportunity to engage with and support local refugee and new American culinary businesses, featuring a variety of global cuisines. The festival aims to bring together over 1,000 community members to celebrate global food traditions and taste the rich culinary diversity available in Utah. Enjoy food from around the globe, live entertainment, and entrepreneur food demonstrations! Entrepreneurs at the event participate in the IRC's Spice Kitchen Incubator program, an initiative focused on serving culinary entrepreneurs working to start, sustain or scale their small business in Utah!

Located in the Artspace Greenery in Salt Lake City’s Granary District, Spice on 9th is a 1,200 square foot community-led space run by culinary entrepreneurs participating in Spice Kitchen Incubator programming as well as other small business owners receiving services from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City to hone their food business skills and offer their products in a shared market. Spice on 9th opens August 25, 2023.

When: Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 6-7:30pm

Where: Spice on 9th, 422 W 900 S, Salt Lake City

This event is open to the public and free of charge.

The annual New American Dream Lab is a friendly business pitch competition in support of New Americans’ entrepreneurial businesses. Participants share presentations about the small business they hope to grow. Presentations will be ranked by a panel of judges. Participants receive cash awards and other support based on their rankings during the event. Audience members will also have the opportunity to rank presentations.

A Spice Tasting Event with Prime Corn

This year Prime Corn will be extending the menu to ethically raised meat options and would like to know your thoughts to the new foods. Come and try a variety of new dishes, including Chicharron en Salsa, Panuchos, Picadillo, Fruit pudding, Aguas Frescas, and more.

Join us to get a first look at Prime Corn's new foods and provide valuable feedback on presentation, taste, smell, cost, etc. Feedback will be collected via electronic forms so please bring a cell phone or tablet to the tasting event with you.

Namash Swahili Cuisine - Grand Opening

Friday, February 17th from 1:00 to 8:00 PM.

Location:
145 East 1300 South, Suite 409
Salt Lake City, Utah

Discover Food Festival

Date: September 17, 2022
Time: 11 AM to 7 PM
Location: “Little City” 349 West 700 South, Salt Lake City, UT (Map)

You are invited to join the festivities at the Discover Food Festival, presented by Creminelli Fine Meats and the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City! Gather together to celebrate global food traditions and taste the rich culinary diversity available in the Beehive State.

The event will support entrepreneurs participating in the IRC's Spice Kitchen Incubator program that works to assist refugee and new American culinary businesses to start, scale and sustain their efforts in Utah.

Each year, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City is proud to join in on the worldwide celebration of World Refugee Day which is June 20. World Refugee Day offers communities around the globe the opportunity to celebrate refugees and to raise awareness of refugee stories, art, entrepreneurship and so much more.

The main event in Salt Lake City will be June 17 & 18 and is hosted by several organizations including Utah Workforce Services Refugee Services and the International Rescue Committee of Salt Lake City.

When: Friday June 17th and Saturday June18th

Where: Big Cottonwood Regional Park, 4300 South, 1300 East in Millcreek, Utah. (Map)

What: Global Market, Food, Kids Activities, Movie, Refugee Performances, Volleyball and Soccer Tournaments, and Opportunities to Serve the Refugee Community

Shop with us during the virtual or in-person Kendra Gives Back event on June 4th-5th where 20% of purchases will be donated to Spice Kitchen Incubator!

Join Us at Hidirellez Spring Festival!

We will not be offering Spice-to-Go on Thursday, May 6th and instead invite all to attend a spring festival and fundraiser organized by Kahve Cafe!

"You're invited to join us in celebration of Hidirellez! This Spring Festival is celebrated in Turkey to welcome the arrival of spring as well as the awakening of nature.

Goodie boxes of baklava, brownies, and intention-drawing kits are available for pre-order, and food will be available by Halab's Jasmine Kitchen. The event is at Brownies! Brownies! Brownies! (1751 S 1100 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84105) from 4:30-8pm on Thursday, May 6th.

10% of proceeds will be donated to Spice Kitchen Incubator.

Valentine's Day Dessert Box

This Valentine's Day treat yourself or someone you love with this tantalizing box of confections!

Featuring:
• Serendipity Desserts – Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls
• Ashikat Kitchen – Magic Cake
• Delicius – Polvorosas (Cookies)
• Honey Teahive – Fruit Tarts
• Prin-Ya Custards – Red Velvet Vegan Custard

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City cordially invites you to join us at our first-ever virtual fundraising event, Breaking Bread at Home.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we invite you to our first-ever virtual fundraising event. Start your evening out by picking up a meal from our Spice Kitchen Incubator then join us virtually from your family table for a program focused on all that we’ve accomplished as a welcoming community during the pandemic and celebrating the contributions of refugees and New Americans in Utah.

Funds raised from Breaking Bread will support the work of the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City.

We are excited to partner with Salt Lake County for this year’s Welcoming Week celebrations!

On Friday, September 18th, Spice Kitchen Incubator will be offering a virtual cooking class.

Ashikat Kitchen is a catering business that cooks traditional Middle Eastern cuisine.

This cooking class will walk attendees through one of Saadiyah's favorite dishes, tepsi bathejan, a layered Iraqi casserole with eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, onion, and exciting spices.

Fundraiser for Yemen Children

When: August 21st from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm

Where: Sugarmont Plaza, 2234 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City

Chef Abudu of Kafé Mamai is working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) here in Salt Lake City to raise funds to support the International Rescue Committee’s effort to feed the children of Yemen who face food shortages during the on-going war in Yemen.

Participating trucks so far include: Kafé Mamai Pinyoncafe (coffee and drinks), Hayat’s Grill (Afghan Cuisine), and Halab’s Jasmine Kitchen (Syrian Cuisine) with more to be announced.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City cordially invites you to join us at our 4th annual Breaking Bread, a fundraising dinner welcoming refugees and New Americans to the Beehive State. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, enjoy an evening focused on the family table, where new beginnings are celebrated, where friendships arise from shared experiences, and where food bridges all barriers. Break bread as a community and welcome our new American friends to this place we all call home.

Funds raised from Breaking Bread will support the work of the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City.

Come join us for the Discover Food Festival, on Friday June 7th from 5-8pm! This special event is a fundraiser for our friends at the International Rescue Committee’s Spice Kitchen Incubator and Hosted by Creminelli + Traeger Grills + Harmons Grocery.

The Spice Kitchen Incubator is on a mission to help refugees and new Americans start food businesses here in Salt Lake City. Join us in supporting them as they build a new communal kitchen. 100% of donations and ticket sales will help fund their new facility.

Join us at Journey to the Wasatch, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City's annual fundraising party celebrating refugees in our community who survive conflict and disaster to call Utah their home.

This year, the IRC in Salt Lake City looks back at 25 years of serving refugees in our community since opening our doors in 1994. Alongside fellow humanitarians, enjoy a spirited symbolic live auction, activities to #StandWithRefugees, and a variety of small bites catered by entrepreneurs from Spice Kitchen Incubator.

All proceeds raised stay local to help the IRC continue to serve refugees and their families in our community.

Valentine's Day Desserts

Show your significant other some love this Valentine's Day with delicious snacks by M Bake Shop or Delicius!

• M Bake Shop: S'more Love: enjoy a handcrafted s'mores goodie box of 8 honey graham crackers, 5 raspberry and 5 vanilla marshmallows, 1 gourmet chocolate bar, 1 clean-burning indoor gel flame can, and bamboo roasting sticks.

• Delicius: Seasonal Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes: A beautiful scarlet red cake with a chocolate and vanilla cream cheese frosting, perfect for 2!

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City cordially invites you to join us at our 3rd annual Breaking Bread, an evening focused on the family table—where food bridges all barriers, friendships arise from shared experiences, and where refugee families join us at the table. In the tradition of Thanksgiving, guests will share a meal with an international flair provided by Spice Kitchen Incubator entrepreneur chefs, take family portraits, and enjoy interactive activities focused on the family table. Break bread as a community and welcome our new American friends to this place we all call home.

Funds raised from Breaking Bread will support the work of the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City.

(Thanks to wonderful community support this event is sold-out.)

Join Spice Kitchen Incubator in partnership with the Salt Lake Film Society for a free screening of Soufra. Post-film panel discussion with Spice Kitchen Incubator organized by the International Rescue Committee - SLC.

Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon. The film follows Mariam as she sets out against all odds to change her fate by launching a successful catering company, “Soufra,” and then expand it into a food truck business with a diverse team of fellow refugee woman who now share this camp as their home.

When:
Thursday, October 11, 2018
7:00 PM
FREE

Where:
The City Library
210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City

Calling all former refugees and New Americans: raise your voice to #StandWithRefugees and the refugee resettlement community!

Join us as a Refugee, Immigrant, or New American Voice—an initiative of the International Rescue Committee to create a platform for former refugees, immigrants and New Americans to mobilize in order to support refugee resettlement and refugee programming in the U.S.