Dish It Out
First-year event nets $165,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix
More than 2,000 guests enjoyed three levels of restaurants and wineries, demonstrations, tastings and live music at the inaugural Dish It Out event to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix. The Oct. 5 evening at Salt River Fields included a fun competition among high-profile Valley chefs, with Chef Aaron May of The Lodge and Over Easy taking home the title of Dish It Out Champion. He nudged out tough competition from Chefs Christopher Gross (Christopher’s and Crush Lounge), James Porter (Petite Maison), and Matt Carter (Zinc Bistro, The Mission and House Brasserie). Chef Lester Gonzalez (Cowboy Ciao) did a demonstration on the Fox Sports Arizona Demo Stage.
Beth McDonald emceed the lively competition. Judges were Check, Please! Arizona’s Robert McGrath, Cupcake Wars winner/Urban Cookies owner Brady Breese, and Fox Sports and Diamondback’s announcer Mike “Jack” Bauer. Sub-Zero Wolf Southwest sponsored the main stage and kitchens.
All proceeds benefited the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix. Ralph Marchetta, general manager of US Airways Center, chaired the event.
PHOTOS BY IVY GUILD
Chef Matt Carter, Chef James Porter, Chef Christopher Gross, Chef Aaron May,
Ralph Marchetta, BGCMP President/Executive Director Amy Gibbons,
emcee Beth McDonald and Robert McGrath
Chef Aaron May
Chef Lester Gonzalez, Cowboy Ciao
Chef Matt Carter, Chef Christopher Gross and Chef James Porter
Shelby James
Whiskey Jack and the winner Chef Aaron May
