On June 14, 2011, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri will be joined in Philadelphia by Bravo’s Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, Food Network's Iron Chef’s Michael Symon and Jose Garces, and more than 30 other renowned chefs to cook for childhood cancer cures as part of the Sixth Annual Great Chefs Event, hosted by the Vetri Foundation for Children, benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.
This event, which began as a small tasting at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia, has become a nationally recognized fundraiser, receiving widespread notice as culinary greats unite to fight against childhood cancer annually. Chefs offer those in attendance a sampling of their best dishes created right in front of attendees’ eyes, paired with an evening full of mingling, exciting silent and live auctions.