A Maine Celebrity Chef Challenge Is Back, and This Year I’m Trading the Microphone for a Serving Tray

Dinner, competition and a familiar voice behind the mic

Spectrum Generations’ annual Celebrity Chef Challenge is back, and this year, Matt and I are getting in on the fun!

Matt James, my co-host on the Matt & Allyssa Show on 92 Moose and Q97.9, will be the DJ and host for the evening, while I’ll be stepping away from the microphone and trying my hand as a celebrity server. Wish me luck, and maybe be patient with me if you’re at one of my tables.

Of course, the chefs are still the real stars of the night.

Three new competitors, Chef Elisha Irland of The Oak Table & Bar in Augusta, Chef Stacie Blouin-Grondin of Bistro 165 in Brunswick and Chef Sydney Garns of Salt Wharf in Camden, will each prepare a meal for guests to taste before YOU get to cast a vote for the People’s Choice Award.

More than dinner

The evening also includes hors d’oeuvres from Maine Pine Catering, a cash bar, live music, a silent auction and a paddle auction benefiting Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels program.

Local celebrity judges Christy Eastman, Chef Steven Dumas, Ehrin Simanski and Chef Margaret Salt McLellan will also be there to weigh in on the competition.

Tickets are $75 per person, with tables available for groups of four, six or eight.

Best of all, proceeds support Spectrum Generations’ programs and services, including Meals on Wheels, which provides more than 300,000 meals each year to homebound and disabled older adults.

So come hungry, bring some friends and be ready to vote, and come say hi to me while I’m attempting to earn my celebrity server title!