Food Network's Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri Brings Road Show to the Merriam Theater, November 18
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Tickets Now on Sale!
Food Network culinary star Guy Fieri brings his panache for food to Philadelphia with Road Show, a food-a-palooza mixing live cooking demonstrations with rock 'n' roll music at the Merriam Theater on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 7:30pm.
Modeled after a high energy rock concert, the 21-city tour of Road Show demystifies kitchen etiquette with presentations in concert venues. The two-hour cooking feat includes Fieri sharing cooking secrets from his forthcoming cookbook, More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: A Drop Top Culinary Cruise Through America's Finest and Funkiest Joints, scheduled for release on November 3rd.
Australia-based flair bartender Hayden "Woody" Wood, an effervescent entertainer and author of The Liquid Kitchen, will serve as the opening act. A local celebrated chef will be featured as a special guest, and then Fieri will take center stage with an unscripted and wildly entertaining performance, complete with interactive cooking stations, demonstrations, behind the scenes stories from the road and more.
"We've been test-driving this concept on a smaller scale and the adrenaline of the crowd is through the roof," explains Fieri. "Putting on a show for my fans that marries food and rock-n-roll with blow-your-mind entertainment is a dream come true."
A limited number of VIP tickets will be available in two package levels: The "Off Da Hook" VIP package for $250 is SOLD OUT. The "Kulinary Krew" package for $150 includes prime orchestra seating; tour laminate; new edition of More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: A Drop Top Culinary Cruise through America's Finest and Funkiest Joints; two squirt bottles; and a pre-show meet and greet with Guy Fieri.
Tickets for Guy Fieri Road Show are $27, $37, $47, $57 and $150 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office at 5:30pm prior to evening curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
Guy Fieri is best known as the popular host of the Food Network's program Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, featuring road trips to classic "greasy spoon" spots to observe the preparation of various dishes. The show has spotlighted local eateries such as Philadelphia's Silk City Diner and The Dining Car & Market, and Daddypops in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, among others.
Californian restaurateur and chef Guy Fieri first skyrocketed into the culinary spotlight upon winning the second season of The Next Food Network Star in April 2006. His first show, Guy's Big Bite, premiered in June 2006, followed by his Ultimate Recipe Showdown. His newest show, Guy Off the Hook, allows guests to join him onstage and participate in the cooking. In October 2008, Fieri released his first book, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip…with Recipes! In its first week, it landed on the New York Times Best Sellers List. His second cookbook is entitled More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: A Drop Top Culinary Cruise Through America's Finest and Funkiest Joints.
An acclaimed chef, Fieri is the co-owner of five restaurants in California, including Johnny Garlic's in three locations and Tex Wasabi's in two locations. Fieri has also been a three-term President of the Restaurant Association of the Redwood Empire, serves on the Board of Directors for the Educational Foundation of the California Restaurant Association and was honored as Grand Marshall for NASCAR in Sonoma, California in 2008. In the fall of 2007, the Navy flew Fieri to the Persian Gulf to entertain and cook for the troops.
Kimmel Center Presents' 2009/10 Season is sponsored by Citi. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents.
Free at the Kimmel programming and subsidized tickets offered to the community and social service groups for $10 are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program, supported by a generous grant from the Wachovia Foundation.
The Kimmel Center is the recipient of partnership funding through the nationally recognized PNC "Grow Up Great" initiative, a ten-year, $100 million investment in preparing children for success in school and life. Funding gives support to the Kimmel Center's early childhood program "Bop and Swing," an arts program for children 1-5 years old, designed to promote an appreciation for American culture.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS SPONSORED BY CITI
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | 7:30pm
Merriam Theater
Guy Fieri, chef
Hayden "Woody" Wood, mixologist
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