Asolo Rep to Present 7th Annual MEN WHO COOK & BREW Event

Asolo Rep will host its seventh annual Men Who Cook & Brew event on Sunday, May 21 at 6pm at Mattison's Bayside at the Van Wezel.

This year's event, sponsored by Mattison's Restaurants & Catering, ABC 7, STYLE Magazine, and Gulf Coast Community Foundation, will feature craft beer from local vendors, along with Sarasota and Bradenton's finest guest chefs who will prepare a dinner filled with their favorite recipes.

The final fundraiser of Asolo Rep's 2016-17 season will also feature a raffle for gourmet cooking classes, awards for best table décor and "People's Choice" best chef, live music, the parade of chefs and more.

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CHEFS:

Peter Amster, Guest Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre

DR. JAMES COCCO, LernerCohen Healthcare

DOUG CORDIER, Chef, Italian Culinary Tours

David Warren CURRAN, American Cheese Society, CCP; Hitched and Honey LLC

STEVE KNOPIK, Chairman and CEO, Beall's Inc.

CHEF PAUL MATTISON, Executive Chef & Proprietor, Mattison's Restaurants & Catering

TERRENCE "TERRY" MCKEE, President & CEO, NUOVO Salon Group

DOUG SALTHOUSE, Retired Pharmaceutical Executive

JOHN SCALZI, Meteorologist, ABC 7

JOE SEIDENSTICKER, CEO, Tableseide Restaurant Group

GARY SWEETMAN, President, Gary W. Sweetman Photography & Digital Imaging, Inc.

JON THAXTON, Senior Vice President for Community Investment, Gulf Coast Community Foundation

LEE WILLIAMS, Investigative Reporter, Gun Columnist and "The Rum Writer," Herald Tribune Media Group

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CRAFT BEER VENDORS:

Big Top Brewing Company

Calusa Brewing

Darwin Brewing Company

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Individual tickets are $200 and are available online at www.asolorep.org/menwhocook or by contacting the Asolo Rep Special Events Department at SpecialEvents@asolo.org or 941.351.9010 ext. 4702. Tables for 10 people are also available for $2,500 or $2,000.

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