Canton, GA September 27th
Chef Brian Duffy, who has appeared on several Food Network shows to include BBQ Brawl will be coming to the Red White and Blue BBQ to be held in Canton on Saturday October 28th at the Canton American Legion as part of the program.
This award winning BBQ pitmaster will be providing his talents as food critic and judge for the mystery food cook-off, pitting amateur and professional BBQ’r on Friday night as part of the RWB Corn whole competition. He will be back as judge again on Saturday, October 28th, for the main BBQ event as judge and will host a cooking demonstration open to the public as part of the Saturday events.
Jim Lindenmayer, who is heading up the event, stated that he is very pleased that Food Network and Brian reached out to us to come to our event. Canton is a great place for BBQ and for other local foods and we look forward to having someone of his stature coming to our event.
The cooking demonstration is being worked out at this time and we will have more information about the time and topics of the event shortly. Updated information will be posted on our Facebook page and other social media. There will be no charge for this event, but space will be limited.
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In addition to having Chef Brian at the event, Stouts Growlers, a Veteran owned local Canton Business, has worked with Service Brewing, another Veteran owned brewery from Savannah, Ga, to be able to provide their line of beers at this event.
All proceeds from this charity event will go to funding programs in Cherokee and Pickens Counties supporting Veteran mental health awareness and Suicide prevention. More than 22 Veterans a day commit suicide nationally,
For more information on Service Brewing, please go to https://servicebrewing.com
Brian Duffy BIO
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Chef Brian Duffy had his first experiences in the kitchen as a young child with his big Irish-Italian Family. Those experiences introduced him to culinary life, and led him to study at Philadelphia’s The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. Culinary school may have taught him technique, but it was those Sunday nights cooking with his family where he developed his passion.
After graduation, Chef Duffy worked under James Beard Award winning Chef Jean Marie LaCroix at The Four Seasons in Philadelphia. From there, he partnered in opening restaurants for employers & even a few of his own (CBD & his Consulting firm DEG have been involved in over 100 restaurant & venue openings) It was during this time that Duffy began to travel & create the experiences that would shape the next stages & steps in his career & life.
In the Meantime, Duffy formed "Duffified Experience Group,” a consulting firm with the realization that most of the smaller restaurant and bar operators that are out there needed someone who spoke their language & worked the way that they do. Through this firm, Duffy has been able to work and oversee restaurants, bars and nightclubs around the globe. On and off camera, Chef Duffy works with restaurants across the country updating their concepts, menus and coaching. His proven success has made him one of the most in-demand restaurant, and hospitality consultants across North America and overseas
Duffy is perhaps most recognized from his abundant television appearances on the wildly popular Spike TV series Bar Rescue, where he tours the country (sometimes on his Harley) reforming failing bars and restaurants with his “tell it like it is” style. His most recent show “Opening Night” follows Chef Duffy through HIS 7-day process of opening a restaurant & the roadblocks that come along the way. Duffy made his national on- camera debut over 17 years ago on the Food Network and has appeared on countless networks & streaming platforms.
Currently Duffy has collaborated with Ugly Brother Studios (Duffy Brothers) to launch the highly anticipated “World Chef & Yum Crunch” platforms, an interactive portal for Foodie’s that pair the world’s best chefs with an interactive platform & shoppable celebrity chef content. Chef, having his hands in multiple levels of business is also the Creator & Host of "Duffified Live" a talking & travel show with an over-the-top approach to eating, drinking, and experiences. His Current Love of BBQ & Travel have exploded after winning the Coveted “Barn Smoker” event in Dallas during the summer of ’22 & his most recent appearances on the Food Network’s “BBQ Brawl” have him as a Fan Favorite .
When he isn’t with clients, taping or traveling, he is working on his classic entrepreneurial spirit, continuing to write his first book or hanging out with his family and friends in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Chef Duffy has his own line of signature spices, “Duffified Spice” as well as a line of t-Shirts, kitchen aprons, hats, and chef-driven Grills & Smokers which are all available on his website at www.duffified.com.
