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Monday, February 13, 2012

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Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. He invited chef friends Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Colicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."

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(Addie Broyles AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. He invited chef friends Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Colicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."

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Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. He invited chef friends Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Colicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist." The $1,500-per-plate dinner raised more than $40,000 to help provide swimming lessons to kids.

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Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. He invited chef friends Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Colicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."

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Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, center, , was joined by chefs David Bouley (second from left), Daniel Humm, Daniel Boulud, Florian Bellanger, for the dinner in lower Manhattan on Saturday night that Weber-Gale helped organized. The dinner raised $40,000 to help provide swimming lessons to disadvantaged kids through the USA Swimming Foundation.

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Chef Tom Colicchio, also known for his role as a judge on "Top Chef, " talks with Austin swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale about the herb-rubbed venison that his team cooked for a fundraiser dinner in New York City on Saturday night that raised $40,000 for the USA Swimming Foundation.

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"Top Chef" judge and swimming fan Tom Colicchio, right, knew about Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, before they ever met. Colicchio was among the high profile judges at a dinner Weber-Gale organized last weekend.

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James Beard-winning chef Daniel Boulud, left, befriended Austin swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale a few years ago, and for a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, Weber-Gale asked him and other chefs, including Florian Bellanger, right, to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."

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The menu for the USA Swimming Foundation fundraiser on Saturday featured "world-class food with a healthy twist, " including a soup from Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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The event on Saturday was held at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, invited chef friends including Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Tolicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."

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(Addie Broyles AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan. He invited chef friends Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Tom Colicchio and Florian Bellanger to create a meal featuring "world class food with a healthy twist."