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.

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

CRAFT BEER VENDORS:

Big Top Brewing Company

Calusa Brewing

Darwin Brewing Company

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.