Are you ready to spend time with Paula, Tyler, Patrick and Gina?
Three TV chef teams – Paula Deen & Family, Tyler Florence and Patrick and Gina Neely – are hitting the road for The Celebrity Chefs Tour, with stops at Ovens Auditorium.
Although all of them are on Food Network shows, the tour is a separate event that isn’t connected to the network.
The chefs tour shows are designed to be high-production events with onstage cooking, entertainment, meet-and-greets, book signings and dinners with the chefs.
First up is Paula Deen, the host of three Food Network shows, “Paula’s Home Cooking,” “Paula’s Best Dishes” and “Paula’s Party.” She’ll do two shows, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 20. Tickets went on sale Monday.
Then Tyler Florence, host of “Tyler’s Ultimate,” will be here for one show at 8 p.m. on March 27.
Finally, Patrick and Gina Neely, hosts of “Down Home With the Neelys” and owners of barbecue restaurants in Memphis and Nashville, will wrap up the tour with an 8 p.m. show May 1.
Ticket prices for the shows vary. Season tickets for all three range from $95.20 to $446.25 (for on-stage seats that get you samples from the chefs). Or there are individual tickets for each show, ranging from $52, $62 or $72 for Paula Deen, or $30, $45 or $55 for either Florence or the Neelys.
Paula Deen’s appearance also includes a pre-event dinner at Morton’s with transportation from the restaurant to the auditorium and back. Tickets for that are $200. Dinner locations for the other two shows haven’t been set.
Tickets to all of the events are available at http://www.ticketmaster.com and http://www.ovens auditorium.com , or at the Bojangles’ Coliseum box office.
