On The Move
Local Culinary Professional Launches Charleston’s Newest Underground Supper Club, L.I.M.E., September 2010
Aug 18, 2010
CHARLESTON, SC - August 18, 2010 - L.I.M.E. (Local. Impromptu. Moveable. Evening.) is Charleston's newest underground experience created by local chef Renata Dos Santos. Seizing on the recent rise in popularity of the underground supper club movement, L.I.M.E. seeks to provide guests a fun, relaxed and memorable top-secret dining experience where they can enjoy a stellar meal while making new connections over food. The first installment of L.I.M.E. will take place Saturday, September 18 starting at 5 p.m. Dos Santos will serve as the chef for this initial event, and there will be a special guest mixologist. The L.I.M.E. location will only be revealed two days before the event via email to confirmed guests.
L.I.M.E. will incorporate the traditions of local and sustainable
dining, community and family, and adhere to the Slow Food mission of
reconnecting locals with the people, traditions, plants, animals, and
waters that produce our food. In keeping true to that spirit, Culinary
Institute of Charleston graduates and graduating students will be
featured chefs, pairing up with more established local chefs on
occasion. The chefs will work with local farms and artisans to create a
multiple course meal. Staying true to the nature of liming, the chefs
will also be paired with sommeliers and mixologists, who will create
signature drinks for the event.
The name for this new club is derived from the verb “to lime” or noun
“lime,” which is Trinidadian slang for a group of friends hanging out
together on a beach, by a river, at a home, or on a street corner. A
“lime” can be large or small, pre-arranged or impromptu, and always
involves food and beverages. Dos Santos is a native of Trinidad and to
her, “liming” is not merely a slang term but an outlook on life that
values good times with good friends and defines a significant part of
the culture in Trinidad.
Tickets to the September L.I.M.E. are $125, and a portion of the
proceeds will benefit Simply Divine Garden, a local non-profit that
plants personalized organic gardens at the homes of people undergoing
treatment for cancer. Tickets will go on sale August 18 and can be
purchased through the event web site, www.limeincharleston.com.
Upon purchasing tickets, guests will receive an e-mail that will be the
beginning of a scavenger hunt of sorts, which will ultimately lead them
to the location for the dinner. For more information, e-mail limeincharleston@gmail.com or visit “LIME Charleston” on Facebook.
About Renata Dos Santos
Chef Renata Dos Santos originally hails from the twin islands of
Trinidad and Tobago. Dos Santos graduated from Culinary Institute of
Charleston in 2008 and has won several culinary awards, including the
2009 Laura Hewitt Culinary Legend Award and the SC Governor’s Conference
Tourism Student Award. Her culinary artistry has been featured in
“Offbeat Bride” and “Weddings Unveiled” magazines. She is a member of
Women, Chefs and Restaurateurs, American Culinary Federation and Slow
Food USA: Charleston Convivia. Dos Santos currently owns My Personal
Chef, LLC, a catering & personal chef company located in Johns
Island, SC, that focuses on the individual needs of clients by
personalizing nutrition plans using the Farm to Table philosophy.
