The Alex W. Smith Foundation is hosting Alex’s Chili Cook-Off For A Cause to honor a local chef and to raise scholarship money for central Pennsylvania students.
Alex Smith tragically died in 2018 and the foundation was created by his family to honor him and uplift others. The 22-year-old old was a graduate of the HACC culinary program and chef apprentice at Greystone Public House.
He had plans to someday open his own restaurant.
“He loved the idea of people coming together,” said Terri Smith, Alex’s mother. “And having food and the fellowship.”