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Alex's Lemonade fund-raiser spills over

The Great Chef's Event has outgrown Osteria on North Broad.

Marc Vetri, Jeff Benjamin, and Jeff Michaud are raising the stakes for their annual Great Chef's Event, which draws all sorts of famous chefs to their Osteria to call attention to Alex's Lemonade Stand.

Two years ago, it raised $150,000. Last year, it took in $300,000.

This year, the goal of the fund-raiser is a half-mill.

It's also growing out of Osteria.

Date is June 15. The place is Urban Outfitters' headquarters at the Navy Yard; the company donated the space. (Ticket info to come.)

Check out the Iron Chef- and Top Chef-studded list of culinary firepower (some from Vetri's training ground in Italy) who have promised to attend:


Next Iron Chef contestant Nate Appleman of Pulino's Bar & Pizzeria

Kiong Banh of Twenty Manning

Paolo Benigni of Osteria La Brughiera (Bergamo)

Jonathan Benno,  previously of Per Se: new space to be announced

Franklin Becker of Abe & Arthur's

John Besh of August, Besh Steak, Luke, La Provence, Domenica, The American Sector

Chris Bianco of Pizzeria Bianco

Top Chef finalist Jennifer Carroll of 10 Arts

Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio of Colicchio & Sons

RJ Cooper of Vidalia

Gina DePalma, pastry chef of Babbo

Neal Fraser of Grace, BLD

Clark Frasier & Mark Gaier of Arrows, MC Perkins, Cove, SummerWinter

Katsuya Fukushima of ThinkFoodGroup

Iron Chef Jose Garces of Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Chifa, Village Whiskey, Garces Trading Co.

Paul Kahan of Blackbird, Avec, Publican, Honky Tonk Tacos

Barbara Lynch of No. 9 Park, B&G Oysters, The Butcher Shop, Stir, Drink, Sportello

Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and Bobby Stuckey of Frasca, Scarpetta Vineyard

Joseph Manzare of Zuppa, Globe, Tres Agaves

Matt Molina and Nancy Silverton of Osteria Mozza, Pizzeria Mozza

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto of Morimoto

Emilio Mignucci of Di Bruno Bros.

Ken Oringer of Clio, Uni Sashimi Bar

Graziano Pinato of Taverna Colleoni Dell 'Angelo (Bergamo)

Michael Psilakis of Anthos

Julie Robles and Tim Staehling of Tavern / The Hungry Cat

Marco Rossi and Francesco Cereda of Osteria Le Cantine D (Bergamo)

Michael Schlow of Radius, Via Matta, Alta Strada, 606 Congress

Michael Solomonov of Zahav, Percy Street

Daniel Stern of Midatlantic, R2L

Iron Chef Michael Symon of Lola , Lolita , Roast, Bar Symon, Iron Chef

Sue Torres of Suenos

Marc Vetri and Jeff Michaud of Vetri, Osteria, Amis

Paul Virant of Vie

Jonathan Waxman of Barbuto

Rocco Whalen of Fahrenheit, Rocky River Wine Bar