Brunch Demonstration with Peter Dale at home of Rachel Watkins

What do Peter Dale, Rachel Watkins, Emily Garrison, Mario
Castro, Julie Phillips, and Dave Shearon all have in common? Aside from being a
part of some fantastic local businesses, this group is working together to
raise awareness and funds for Project Safe’s annual Dancing With the Athens
Stars.

On March 2nd, 2014, Peter Dale, chef at The National, will
host a brunch demonstration at the home of Rachel Watkins and Larry Slutzky.
Champagne will be provided by Emily Poole of Shiraz.

Dancing With the Athens Stars is Project Safe’s largest
fundraising event of the year. Local leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds
and jobs are paired with local dancers. Each pair forms a fundraising team. All
proceeds raised go directly to Project Safe, where 90 cents of every dollar goes
directly to helping victims of domestic violence. The pairs perform on March
30th at the Classic Center.

The cost of the event is $50 per person and all proceeds go directly to Project Safe. 

Project Safe is a 501c3 non-profit organization working to
end domestic violence through prevention and educational programs, crisis
intervention, ongoing supportive services for survivors of domestic violence
and their children, and systems change advocacy in the community.

Chef Peter Dale was born and raised in Athens, Ga. After
apprenticing with Hugh Acheson at Five and Ten and holding an internship at La
Broche in Madrid, Spain, Peter and Hugh opened The National in 2007. Drawing
inspiration from the food and wine enjoyed on trips to Europe, The National
boasts a changing menu that reflects the seasons and vibrant produce of
Northeast Georgia while nodding to Mediterranean culinary tradition. In 2012,
Dale was named Food & Wine magazine’s The People’s Best New Chef Southeast.

Rachel Watkins provides community outreach, event planning,
and public relations for Avid Bookshop as well as serves as the Information
Coordinator for the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau. Born and raised in
Mississippi, she came to Athens for graduate school in the early 1990’s. Rachel
spent ten years away from Athens living in Monterey, California, before moving
back home. Her husband, Larry Slutzky, is a flight paramedic currently working
in West Africa for an international medical service provider. Their four
children attend Clarke County public schools. Rachel Watkins is a candidate for
A-CC District 3 Commissioner.

Ashford Manor is a bed and breakfast located in the heart of
downtown Watkinsville. The Manor was built in 1893 and has a rich history.
Ashford on Main is an event venue located next door to Ashford Manor. At
Ashford Manor, the extraordinary is every day.

Emily Garrison is owner and chief wine steward at Shiraz
Fine Wines & Gourmet and has a national reputation as an authority on food
and wine. Emily is known for her well-rounded approach to the wine business and
brings over 20 years of wine and food experience. She has spent significant
time in both the retail and wholesale wine industry as a restaurateur,
distributor, and retail maven, and has been trusted to select the wine list for
several restaurants. Emily is the author of Wine101 blog Grapier Wit and hosts
a YouTube Channel (shirazathensga) where she highlights gourmet food recipes
and wine pairings. She has started her career as assistant winemaker this year
with her first cuvee.