This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows catering manager Nha-Van Nghe, second from left, and others watching celebrity chef Marc Spooner, recent champion of the Food Network TV show "Chopped," plate a gourmet Thanksgiving dinner in New York. The plate is a sample of one of the 10,000 gourmet dinners that top New York catering business Great Performances is providing the Salvation Army to distribute at 10 community centers in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, on Thanksgiving Day. Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows catering manager Nha-Van Nghe, second from left, and others watching celebrity chef Marc Spooner, recent champion of the Food Network TV show "Chopped," plate a gourmet Thanksgiving dinner in New York. The plate is a sample of one of the 10,000 gourmet dinners that top New York catering business Great Performances is providing the Salvation Army to distribute at 10 community centers in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, on Thanksgiving Day. Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage.

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