VIP Pensacola at the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center
photos & story by
Haley Bryant
T
he generous men and women of Pensacola stepped out
to support PACE Center for Girls on April 8at the 6th
annual fundraiser, Men Who Cook 2018.
The PACE Center for Girls is a non-profi t
organization that provides education programs for at-risk girls.
PACE was founded in 1985 and has helped over 37,000 young
women.
Men Who Cook 2018 is one of 3 major fundraisers for the PACE
Center for Girls. The men who participate are volunteers from the
community with no culinary experience. The Men Who Cook create
a delicious, bite-sized treat for every guest to taste and vote for his or
her favorite. Each participant buys his own ingredients and cooks his
dish without any help from a lady. There were four categories: Land,
Air, Sea, and Sweet Endings, with the overall people’s choice winner
being a Sweet Ending (duh, who doesn’t love dessert!?) Attendees
indulged on over 30 hand-crafted dishes and cocktails while listening
to lovely music by Tommy and the Song Birds.
Guests also participated in a silent auction, a live auction, and
a wine wall drawing. All proceeds from Men Who Cook provide
young girls of Pensacola with school supplies, clothes, meals,
education programs, counseling, and so much more.
John Merting, Robert Bender & Sheila Baxley
Mike Mangrum & Curt Morse
Denise Ables & Melissa Sidoti
Clay Kinard & Rich Gafford
Connie Bookman, Victoria Mullet & Jennifer Fleming
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