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ABOUT CFN
WHAT IS CULINARY FIGHT NIGHT®? Almost seven years ago, a very interesting event was born. This very unique experience, intended to highlight local chefs and their culinary skills as well as bring awareness to various local foundations and charities, has become a huge success. Once again, it’s time for Culinary Fight Night®; “Where Cooking and Competition Collide!”
Culinary Fight Night®, a subsidiary of VioDoug Entertainment, is an interactive cooking competition that pairs teams of local chefs, head to head in a Vegas style boxing ring setting where they will compete for an array of prizes. Via www.culinaryfightnight.com, guests are asked to RSVP and then vote for a secret ingredient. Our two teams of chefs will take the 3 ingredients with the most votes into a full scale boxing ring to fight it out! Each team will be required to prepare a 3 course meal for all guests as well as a celebrity judging panel. Each course will be scored in three categories; Taste, Creativity, and Presentation. In the end, the team leader with the most points will win a customized CFN® Championship Belt, the title of Culinary Fight Night® Champion and a cash prize, half of which will be donated to their charity of choice.
What separates Culinary Fight Night® from other cooking events is the high emphasis on charity. Our live audiences have had the pleasure of assisting such charities as the Careers through Culinary Arts Program, the Do the 2 Walk for Breast Cancer, the National MS Society NYC Chapter, Genesis Family Shelter of Atlanta, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ga., St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Dinner For Kids Foundation, The Ludacris Foundation and the Alzheimer Association, just to name a few. Inside of this package, you will also find a wealthy list of local celebrities that have donated their time to Culinary Fight Night® and our benefactors over the years. Our unique combination of entertainment, star power, location and philanthropy not only have contributed to our immediate success, but also have made Culinary Fight Night® truly unparalleled by today’s culinary competition standards.
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MEDIA EXPOSURE Website www.culinaryfightnight.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/cfnfoodfight You Tube http://www.youtube.com/cfnworld
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Culinary-Fight-Night/139203739448760 Atlanta Metromix http://atlanta.metromix.com/entertainment/2369819 Capture Life Through Lens http://capturelifethroughthelens.com/2011/08/24/culinary-fight-night/
BE Magazine http://bemagazine.me/2011/01/31/culinary-fight-night/ AW Media Group http://www.awmediagroup.com/2012/01/culinary-fight-night-with-dj-baby-yu.html
The Donna Show http://thedonnashow.com/photos-videos/culinary-fight-night/ BET.com http://blogs.bet.com/music/gyantonbet/2011/08/the-scene-culinary-fight-night-w-channel-11-alives-ninabrown-chefdelroy-bossquadup-more-823/
Atlanta Food Critic http://atlanta-food-critic.com/2011/05/culinary-fight-night-prepares-for-a-transition/
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COLLATERAL
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CELEBRITY JUDGES
Chef Ginny McCormack Resident Judge / Author
Chef Terry Dwyer Exec. Chef / CFN Champ
Grace Lee Celebrity Blogger
Tora Matsuoka Sen Restaurant (NYC &Sag Harbor)
David Ralston GA House Speaker
“Gyant” Celebrity Blogger
Rashan Ali TV & Radio Personality
Anoop Desai American Idol Alumni
Adrene Ash Celebrity Stylist
Chef Michael Maliska Publix
Chef Kelvin Fernandez Exec. Chef / CFN Champ
Roberta Shields The Ludacris Foundation
Nina Brown Radio Personality
Chef Barbie Marshall Hell’s Kitchen Alumni
Chef John Kanadu
Emily Cook Miss Georgia 2009
Chef Delroy Christian Celebrity Chef / CFN Champ
Raul Rodriguez Luckie Lounge, Atlanta
Chef Hector Santiago Exec. Chef / Top Chef Alumni
Chef Jason Ellis Hell’s Kitchen Alumni
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Glenn Mack President / Le Cordon Bleu
Tommy Ford Actor
Mychael Knight Project Runway Alumni
Chilli Recording artist
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Terri J. Vaughn Actress
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KEY POINTS
KEY POINTS Locations: Culinary Fight Night® will produce their annual “Summer Series” bracket style competition tour this summer. On this tour, CFN will make strategic stops in Dallas (June 4-6), Los Angeles (June 25-27), Pittsburgh (July 16-18) and Miami (July 30-Aug 1) in order to produce a bracket style series of cooking competitions. In each city, 4 teams of local chefs will compete head to head in a “Grand Tasting” for guests. At this tasting, each team will serve gourment samples of their favorite dishes to 200 guests. Afterwards, our guests will choose their 2 favorite teams. Two days later, the 2 finalists will then compete inside of a full scale boxing ring and prepare a gourmet 3 course meals for our panel of celebrity judges as well as a live audience. After dessert, the combined scores of our judges and audience will determine the winner and semi-finalist. Once all four semi-finalists have been selected, the teams will travel to Las Vegas for three days where they will be battling it out for a cash prize to share with their charity of choice. Comparable Events: Culinary Fight Night® has a demographic that is very similar to that of many comparable large scale food festivals that take place annually around the country (The Taste of DC, The Taste of Atlanta, The Food Network’s Food and Wine Festival and Cochon 555). We offer the “ultimate foodie” a unique combination of entertainment, star power, location and philanthropy that has not only contributed to our immediate success but also has made Culinary Fight Night® truly unparalleled by today’s culinary competition standards. Operating Expertise: The management team at Culinary Fight Night® has a vast array of experience in the hospitality and event planning industries. They each have successful track records and together have the right combination of attributes and experience to execute each of our future Phases and Volumes. Brand Strength: Culinary Fight Night® has cultivated an exclusive and recognizable brand identity due to our 3 years of operation. Our Public Relation partners, publicists and graphic designers have the experience, eye for detail and reputation that will allow Culinary Fight Night® to expand into other markets, including television, and continue to cultivate our philanthropic mission while building strategic alliances nationwide then globally.
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GALLERY
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Contact Information
Walt Henderson (917) 796-0669 walt@culinaryfightnight.com www.culinaryfightnight.com
Looking forward to you being a part of our next Culinary Fight Night® experience. “WHERE COOKING & COMPETITION COLLIDE!” Culinary Fight Night® | walt@culinaryfightnight.com
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