Chefs Face-Off for Childrens Brain Cancer

EPICURIAD THRILLS FOODIE, WINE AND CRAFT BEER LOVERS WITH INTIMATE CHEF FACE-OFF
EVENT AT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM BENEFITS BARROW AT PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH

The Beer for Brains Foundation’s EPICURIAD 2015 Food, Wine & Craft Beer Pairings Event includes an exciting face-off event between two local celebrity chefs, plus a large sampling of food, craft beer and wine from sixty chefs, breweries and vineyards in an intimate setting. Voting will include the category of “Best Pairing,” based on whether craft beer or wine is the attendee-preferred pairing with each dish, and “Best Entrée,” based on taste and presentation. The winning chef will receive a three-day trip to New York City, NY to cook at James Beard House, one of culinary’s most prestigious honors. Proceeds to benefit pediatric brain tumor research at Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

WHEN:
Saturday, January 24th – the evening before the Pro Bowl
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. VIP Pre-Event Chef Face-Off
7:30 – 10:30 p.m. General Admission

WHERE:
Musical Instrument Museum (take a virtual tour)
4725 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85050

TICKETS:
$95 per person, $150 per VIP ticket
www.bfbf.org
epicuriad@bfbf.org
973-615-5031

ABOUT:
Beer For Brains Foundation (BFBF) is a national non-profit organization of craft beer lovers, distributors and brewers committed to raising public awareness about brain cancer, and fundraising to support groundbreaking research. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, BFBF stages multiple events across the country each year, working independently or in partnership with breweries, medical research facilities, non-profits and other partners local to each event. Founded in 2010 by Louis Dolgoff, who lost his wife to a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor, BFBF has raised more than $500,000 to help find a cure.

General Admission Wine/Beer Pairing Chefs:

Adam Allison (Skeptical Chemist)
Brian Archibald (Graduate Hotel Tempe)
Kenneth Arneson (Saguaro Hotel)
Justin Beckett (Beckett’s Table, Southern Rail)
Dave Berger (Whole Foods Scottsdale)
Payton Curry (Brat House)
Mensur Duzic (Event Chef, Phoenix Children’s Hospital)
Stephen Eldridge (Pink Pony)
Jason Hernandez (BJ’s Chandler)
Jared Porter (Clever Koi)
Jimmy Ton (Del Frisco’s Grille)
Gregory Wiener (Buttes Marriott Top of the Rock)
Steven Zimmerman (Sheraton Crescent Hotel)
Student Chef, Tucson Culinary Institute

Beers:
Deschutes Fresh Squeeze IPA
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Deschutes Mirror Pond Stone Go To IPA
Four Peaks Kiltlifter
Four Peaks Peach
Four Peaks Hop Knot
Four Peaks Sunbru
Goose Island 312 Urban
Goose Island Honkers
Goose Island IPA
Johnny Applesead
Odell IPA
Odell Cut Throat Porter
Odell 5 Barrel Shock Top
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Stone Elevation
Stone IPA
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