Cost: $250 ($500 VIP package)

Organizer: Common Threads

What to expect: A chef-heavy celebration of the food, drinks and culture of countries around the world.

Why to go: It's like the best day ever at Whole Foods; sample stations everywhere you turn!

Additional info: Participants include nationally known chefs ((((Rocco DiSpirito, Michelle Bernstein, John Besh and Ming Tsai,)))) plus locals Art Smith (Table Fifty-Two), Malika Ameen (Aigre Doux), Jimmy Bannos (Heaven on Seven), Graham Elliot Bowles (Graham Elliot), David Burke and Rick Gresh (Primehouse), Christophe David (NoMi), Kendal Duque (Sepia), Gale Gand and Meg Galus (TRU), Della Gossett (Charlie Trotter's), Koren Grieveson (Avec) and Chris Nugent (Les Nomades). TV personalities Gail Simmons, Tyler Florence and Steve McDonagh will also be in attendance at the event, which takes place at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

VIPs are treated to a early reception and an invitation to an exclusive after-party at the James Hotel, hosted by Paula Deen of The Lady & Sons Restaurant in Savannah, Georgia.

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein