AUGUSTA — Spectrum Generations will host the 9th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge fundraiser at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, at Snow Pond Performing Arts Center in Sidney.
The event will feature three local chefs who will prepare dishes based on Meals on Wheels guidelines. Featured chefs are Heidi Parent, Hells Kitchen participant and CATC Culinary Arts Instructor, and Danielle Aldrich, from The Blind Pig Tavern, in Gardiner. Their signature meals will be judged by Jared Baker, from Maine Cabin Masters; Shawn McLaughlin, owner of State Lunch; Earl Smith, author and retired Colby College dean.
The event will be emceed by Shannon Moss, public information officer at the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The winning dish will be incorporated into Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels program.
Tickets are required. All proceeds benefit Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels program, which uses staff and volunteers to prepare and deliver approximately 1,400 meals each week to homebound seniors in communities throughout Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset and Waldo counties, as well as Harpswell and Brunswick in Cumberland County.
For information, visit spectrumgenerations.org/events/celebrity-chef-challenge.