FOJBB: Nashville

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime and only in Nashville event, highlighting some of the most talented chefs in Music City. You’ll get a chance to meet them, savor their cuisine, and enjoy a performance by songwriter Laura Veltz. 

Friends of James Beard Benefits provide critical funding for our programs, to help JBF achieve its mission to celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind America’s food culture, and champion a standard of Good Food for Good© anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

Dinner Program

6:00 P.M. – Cocktail Reception
7:00 P.M. – Remarks and Dinner
[Dinner will be seated with 10 Chef Stations and guests will interact with all the chefs]
8:30 P.M. – Performance by Grammy-nominated and Award-winning Songwriter Laura Veltz

Featured Participants:

JBF Award Winner Sean Brock
Audrey, The Continental, Joyland, and June, Nashville, TN

JBF Award Winner Maneet Chauhan
Chauhan Ale and Masala House, Tansuo, and The Mockingbird, Nashville, TN

Chef Patrick Hodge
Rivière Rooftop at Four Seasons Hotel Nashville, TN

JBF America’s Classics Award Winner André Prince Jeffries
Chef Tamara Kelly
Prince’s Hot Chicken, Nashville, TN

JBF Award Nominee Philip Krajeck
Rolf & Daughters, and Folk, Nashville, TN

Chris Krantz
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey

JBF Award Semifinalist Noelle Marchetti
Yolan, Nashville, TN
 
Pitmaster Pat Martin
Martin’s Bar-B-Que-Joint and Hugh-Baby’s BBQ & Burger Shop, Nashville, TN

JBF Award Semifinalist Trevor Moran
Locust, Nashville, TN

JBF Award Nominee Julia Sullivan
Henrietta Red, Nashville, TN

JBF Award Semifinalist Vivek T. Surti
Tailor, Nashville, TN

Chef Aniello Turco
Mimo Restaurant and Bar, Four Seasons Nashville Hotel, Nashville, TN

Four-Time Grammy Nominee/Songwriter Laura Veltz