Dining Out For Life®    

 

Click here for participating Restaurant listing.
 

The Best Reason Not To Cook!

Join 7,000 other caring individuals on April 24th for breakfast, lunch or dinner or all three at 100 of WNC restaurants and 20% of your bill will be donated to support the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP). All you have to do is go out and have a great meal. How easy is that?

Last year’s event raised $123,400 to assist WNCAP in their mission of providing compassionate care to area men, women and children affected by the AIDS virus and increase awareness to “at risk” individuals through their Education and Prevention programs throughout 19 counties of Western North Carolina. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, expenses were only 3.8% netting us an incredible $118,000, a fundraising record. A special thanks to all of our many restaurants, sponsors and volunteers who made it all happen. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Next time you visit a Dining Out For Life® restaurant, please tell them you are there because of their generosity to this cause. For an updated list of this year’s restaurants, please click here or on the Dining Out For Life®  logo below and check back often for any additions.

Save the Date, make reservations early and join us for a great After Party that evening at the Grove Arcade.

Thank You for Caring!

 



Click the logo for the
International Dining Out for Life® Website
and a list of all Participating Restaurants.
 


 

 


 

 
Click the logo to your left to volunteer as an
Ambassador for this event.  180+ needed
to greet diners in over 90 participating restaurants.
Its fun, its easy, and we provide all the training.

 

 

 


Ted Allen
2008 Dining Out For Life
International Celebrity Spokesperson

Emmy Award winner Ted Allen is a judge on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” and is host of the PBS series “Uncorked: Wine Made Simple.” Ted was the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking Bravo series "Queer Eye," which recently wrapped its 100-episode run. He is author of "The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes" (Clarkson-Potter), a cookbook that features easy, all-natural recipes.

Ted co-wrote the New York Times Best Seller "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better.”

Ted also serves as the spokesman for Robert Mondavi Private Selection wines. In that capacity, he shares his experience and advice about food, wine and entertaining on www.Discover-Wine.com.

Since 1997, Ted has been a contributing editor to Esquire magazine, where he writes about food, wine, style and everything else the American man needs to know. He was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for his Esquire feature on the little-known phenomenon of male breast cancer. Ted also writes regularly for such publications as Bon Appétit and Epicurious.com. Before joining Esquire, Ted was a senior editor and restaurant critic at Chicago magazine.

Ted holds an M.A. in journalism from New York University and a B.A. in psychology from Purdue University. He lives in New York with his longtime partner, Barry Rice.


 

A special thanks to the thousands of diners who enjoyed breakfast, lunch and dinner at 91 area restaurants in 2007 to support the mission of the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP). Through your generosity, over $123,400 was raised, setting a new record for the five year old event in Asheville and the surrounding communities. Because of the generosity of our sponsors, only 3.8% went to cover our expenses, leaving approximately $118,000 to benefit the programs and clients of WNCAP. Since 1986, WNCAP has provided prevention and education services throughout 19 counties of WNC and case management services for area men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS.

A special thanks to the more than 180 dedicated volunteers, who so generously gave the gift of time and love to support a great cause. Give yourselves a big pat on the back. We couldn’t have done it without you!

And our sincere gratitude to all the participating restaurants and sponsors who all helped to make this the largest fundraiser in the history of WNCAP.

We encourage everyone to patronize these restaurants often all year round, as well as our sponsors and let them know you are there because of their generous support.

 

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