Event: Local Food Personalities at 4th Annual Brainfood Grill-Off and Fundraiser

This outdoor grilling competition and fundraiser features teams of local chefs, amateur cooks and Brainfood program graduates. Using a pantry of secret ingredients (a la Iron Chef), teams will present their dishes to a panel of local food personalities for judgment. 

Chefs include: Daniel Giusti, 1789, Kyle Bailey; Birch & Barley; Kevin Villalovos, Cure; Dean Gold, Dino’s; Teddy Folkman, Granville Moore’s; Shannon Overmiller, The Majestic; Glenn Babcock, Nage; Bryan Moscatello, Zola and Potenza.

                        Special guests and celebrity judges will be announced soon!

WHEN:             Thursday, June 10, 2010

6:30pm - 9:30pm

WHERE:           Decatur House on Lafayette Square

1610 H Street, NW, Washington DC

TICKETS:         $75/person, including hors d’oeuvres, buffet, wine tasting, and open bar. Casual attire.

About Brainfood:

Brainfood is a nonprofit youth development organization that uses food and cooking as tools to teach life skills and healthy living to teenagers in a safe, healthy and positive environment. Local high school students participate in our programs either twice a week after school or five days a week for six weeks during the summer. Activities include hands-on cooking classes, lectures, field trips and community service projects. Brainfood graduates are equipped with practical cooking skills, an introduction to the food industry, a framework for nutritious eating, and leadership and life experiences that prepare them to make a difference in their communities. Brainfood is in its 10^th year of operations and has locations in the Columbia Heights and Chinatown neighborhoods of Washington, DC. For more information, visit: www.brain-food.org.