{"id":93753,"date":"2017-05-23T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=93753"},"modified":"2019-11-12T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:37:17","slug":"best-buddies-international-host-2nd-annual-guy-cooking-best-buddies-celebrity-chef-food-wine-festival-18th-annual-hyannis-port-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2017\/05\/23\/best-buddies-international-host-2nd-annual-guy-cooking-best-buddies-celebrity-chef-food-wine-festival-18th-annual-hyannis-port-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL TO HOST 2ND ANNUAL GUY COOKING WITH BEST BUDDIES CELEBRITY CHEF FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL AT THE 18TH ANNUAL HYANNIS PORT CHALLENGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guy Fieri\u2019s Cooking with Best Buddies Event Featuring Celeb Chefs and Buddy Sous Chefs Returns to New England to Support Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em>Boston, Massachusetts May 22, 2017<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Best Buddies International<\/strong><\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD),\u00a0<\/em>is excited to announce its 2nd<\/sup> Annual Guy Cooking with Best Buddies Celebrity Chef Food and Wine Festival <\/a><\/em>\u00a0presented by Pepsi-Cola <\/strong>and Shaw\u2019s Foundation and Star Market Foundation<\/strong>. This event will take place June 2, 2017 from 6:00pm \u2013 9:00pm at Harvard University. This will be an incredible culinary festival featuring over 30 chefs from top local restaurants providing delectable food tastings and a variety of complimentary wine and beer options. Guy<\/strong> Fieri<\/strong> will serve as the official headliner. Honorary Co-Chairs Tom Brady <\/strong>and Congressman Joe P. Kennedy III <\/strong>will participate as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always been committed to teaching life skills in the culinary arts with my Cooking With Kids Foundation, which is not just about ingredients, recipes and cooking, but is also about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity. I am truly excited to partner with Best Buddies to help empower their Jobs program participants to gain culinary employment skills,\u201d said Guy Fieri. \u201cI have a personal connection to Best Buddies\u2019 cause through my cousin, and I look forward to building partnership between Cooking With Kids and Best Buddies in order to make a difference in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guy Cooking with Best Buddies Celebrity Chef Food and Wine Festival<\/em> provides a unique opportunity for guests to indulge in top culinary dishes and exquisite wines and all for a great cause. Steve DiFillippo,<\/strong> founder of the world-famous Davio\u2019s Restaurant Group and inductee to the Massachusetts Restaurant Hall of Fame, and Chef Allen Campbell <\/strong>\u2013 The Progressive Modern Chef.<\/p>\n

Additional culinary chefs scheduled to attend include:<\/p>\n