The following plee might be highly unethical, but seeing as Jon Christensen is a judge, that would only be appropriate.
If anyone can provide me with a free ticket (or 2) to the Columbus Celebrity Chef Showdown, I promise to repay you with adoration and a full report on the goings-on. And maybe a bottle of wine or two. Working in the restaurant business, I usually find it easy to wrangle tickets from someone about town, but seeing as I don't work for any of the restaurants owned by Bravo or Cameron Mitchell, it's a little more difficult.
The premise, for anyone who doesn't know, is that Phil Yodolino, executive chef for Bravo Development (who own Bravo, Brio, and Bon Vie) competes, Iron Chef style, with Brian Hinshaw, executive chef for Cameron Mitchell Restaurants (Fish Market, Ocean Club, M, Martini, among others). Judges are local culinary luminaries plus the aforementioned Jon Christensen, food writer for the Dispatch. Tickets, if you would like to attend, are $150 and include food from the Chef's restaurants and dessert from Pistachio.
Please feel free to email me.
