Help support the next generation of great American chefs by hosting a Friends of James Beard Benefit® at your restaurant!

By holding a Friends of James Beard Benefit, chefs have the opportunity to stage a high-profile event that supports James Beard Foundation programs.

Benefits can be presented in a variety of formats:

  • Hosts can offer a multi-course tasting menu, a family-style Sunday Supper, or a walk-around party
  • Benefits may be hosted by a single chef or a group of chefs from a particular city or region
  • A restaurant can host its own stand-alone benefit, or a benefit can take place within a larger festival
Benefit hosts will be acknowledged in our digital media.

If you're interested in hosting a benefit or would like to learn more, please contact our director of fundraising initiatives Izabela Wojcik at iwojcik@jamesbeard.org or 212.675.4984x248.

Upcoming events:

Future Events - Stay Tuned for Details

 

April 19-20, 2024
FOJBB: Chatham, MA
Chatham Bars Inn
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April 24, 2024
FOJBB: Montecito, CA
Caruso's, Rosewood Miramar Beach
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May 15 - 19, 2024
FOJBB: Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Wine & Food Festival
Nantucket, MA
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June 2, 2024
Sunday Supper at Union Market
Dock5, Washington, D.C.
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July 12, 2024
FOJBB: Colon, MI
Farrand Hall
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October 27, 2024
Sunday Supper at Chelsea Market
NYC
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Past Events

Great Lakes Eat + Drink, Detroit, MI March 7-9
Colonial Culinary Classic, Fort Worth, TX March 4
Kansas City, MO March 2
Paso Robles, CA March 1
Sand Valley Chefs Invitational, WI March 1
Cleveland, OH February 1

 

 

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