AUGUSTA — Spectrum Generations’ 10th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge fundraiser will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the Augusta Elks Club, 397 Civic Center Drive.
The event will feature three local chefs who will prepare signature dishes based on the Meals on Wheels guidelines and standards. This year’s featured chefs include Ben Ramsdell, culinary coordinator and chef education at MaineGeneral’s Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center; Shaun Killeen, head chef at The White Duck Brew Pub, in Winthrop; and Edward McGregor, head chef at The Front Room, in Portland.
Attendees will partake in and vote on the chefs’ dishes, and reviewed by a panel of judges that includes Heidi Parent, a previous contestant on Hell’s Kitchen, and Monica Castellanos, owner of Maine Local Market, in Hallowell.
The three courses will be served to attendees by local celebrities, including Matt and Lizzy from the morning show on 92 Moose. The event will be emceed by Connor Clement. The winning dish will be incorporated into Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels program.
There is also a reception for those attending, with appetizers and entertainment by The Pam Tyler Trio. Lori Dumont, from The Parsonage House in Vassalboro, will provide dessert. There will be a cash bar and silent auction throughout the evening.
Tickets are $75 and are required. All proceeds will support the programs and services of Spectrum Generations, including Meals on Wheels, which usestaff and volunteers to prepare and deliver approximately 5,500 meals each week to 1,100 homebound older adults and adults with disabilities in communities throughout Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset, and Waldo counties, and the towns of Brunswick and Harpswell in Cumberland County.
Visit spectrumgenerations.org/events/celebrity-chef for ticket information.
