Women have inspired us to care for our families, to build up our communities, to be kinder, stronger, wiser, and better. Working in the culinary industry, Dalstrong hears countless stories of strong female heroes. Chefs have told us their first forays into cooking were inspired by a mother or grandmother, and that no meal can beat mom’s home cooking.

But every 14 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Dalstrong is on a mission to change the statistics and improve outcomes as best we can. 

This year, $24 from each Frost Fire Series 8” Chef Knife Breast Cancer Awareness Edition will go directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The BCRF is the highest-rated breast cancer research organization in the country, and their investigators have been deeply involved in every major breakthrough in breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. 

Dalstrong is proud to support this vital research. We believe there are no limits to what we can achieve when we give the best minds in science the opportunity to pursue their most innovative ideas.

How many among us started out with a job in a restaurant? From washing dishes, to bussing tables, to prepping food on the line, restaurants have been a gateway to the workforce for millions of North Americans. Those first jobs taught us efficiency, team work, and diligence. The kitchen is where we learned to stay cool, even when the heat is on. It’s where we grew up and became providers. And now, Dalstrong is given back some of what we gained along the way.

The Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) is a workforce development nonprofit that provides underserved teens a pathway to success.

Annually, C-CAP provides culinary, job and life skills to over 20,000 middle-and-high school students in seven regions across the United States: New York City, Newark, Philadelphia and Camden, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC/Maryland/Northern Virginia and Arizona, including 7 Navajo Reservation schools.

Dalstrong donates knives, cookware, and other culinary tools to C-CAP to support this next generation of fierce culinary leaders.

Nobody can take the heat like firefighters, and we respect that. And since Dalstrong is big in the BBQ community (and we all love to play with flame throwers) we really, really appreciate everything firefighters do to keep us safe. 

On International Firefighters’ Day 2022 Dalstrong surprised over 100 firehouses in America with cookware. Firefighters work long hours and do a lot of their own cooking, so Dalstrong wanted to make sure their kitchens were as kitted out as their trucks. It’s important to stay fueled and ready to leap into action.

“After years of firehouse cooking with whatever we could scrounge, this cookware is a sheer joy to use! This is the kind of stuff you hand down to your kids. Absolutely heirloom quality pieces.”

— Captain Dave Angelo, BCoFD, retired.