Ticket holders can indulge in a nearly endless array of palate pleasing eats and raise money for Atlantic Cape Community College culinary students at this year’s 39th Atlantic Cape Restaurant Gala “Immersion,” being held 6-9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31 at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City.
To date, 35 local restaurants have signed on to provide dinner options for the hundreds of anticipated guests at this year’s event. Ten area businesses will be participating in the dessert extravaganza along with a dozen regional wineries, breweries and distilleries.
“This year’s Gala will truly be a time to celebrate after the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the annual fundraising event to be canceled in 2020 and moved outdoors in 2021,” Atlantic Cape Foundation Executive Director Jean McAlister said. “We are excited to be back at Harrah’s and that so many of our favorite local eateries and businesses can join us to celebrate food and raise scholarship funds for the students in the Academy of Culinary Arts.”
The Atlantic Cape Restaurant Gala this year will honor retired Academy of Culinary Arts Dean Chef Kelly McClay and, Community Honoree, the Mullock Family of Cape May.
The gala is a major fundraising initiative of the Atlantic Cape Foundation, and has raised nearly $4 million toward scholarship for students in the Academy of Culinary Arts.
The students of the Academy of Culinary Arts will again be preparing and serving hors d’oeuvres during the cocktail hour.
“Thank you to all of our sponsors for participating in this year’s gala,” McAlister said. “We are most fortunate to have the support of our community.”
For more information about the Restaurant Gala, visit atlantic.edu/gala or contact Maria Kellett at 609 463-3670.
