MELBOURNE, Fla., May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chef Scott Earick, beloved chef from Scott's on Fifth in the idyllic beachside town of Indialantic, FL, has been selected by the James Beard Foundation to showcase his culinary skills alongside some of the best LGBTQ chefs in the country on June 28th at the second annual Cheers, Queers! cocktail event in New York.
The walk-around cocktail soirée pairs a handful of invited chefs along with VIP-invited and select paid guests to help kick off New York City's annual Pride weekend. Each chef must prepare a signature canapé or hors d'oeuvre for event guests to sample, and then get the chance to socialize with them at the party.
In addition to the revelry of the Pride parade and scheduled events celebrating the LGBTQ lifestyle and civil rights, this year also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landmark Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, which heralded a new era in civil rights for the LGBTQ community and helped spurn the formation of the Gay Liberation Front as well as other gay, lesbian and bisexual civil rights organizations.
"I am beyond thrilled and very humbled to be included as a participating chef at this event," said Earick, who has wowed restaurant-goers for 13 years at his beachside location in Central Florida with upscale dining using local, fresh ingredients in a casually elegant restaurant.
A self-taught chef, Earick previously owned a popular upscale Italian restaurant in Tampa and produced and hosted a network cooking show in Tallahassee called "Capital Dish," where he offered cooking lessons to political dignitaries and local illuminati, among others. (Video of Capital Dish and Scott Earick's Cooking Lessons are available on YouTube).
Earick, a former model and actor with television and movie credits in the US and abroad, lives with his husband Hank near the beach with their adorable dachshunds Pepino and Angelina and their frisky cat, Mr. Peepers.
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