Annual Events

Southern Smoke Festival

Southern Smoke Festival 2024, presented by Alaska Seafood, raised $1.5 million for the food and beverage community. We will be back in Fall 2025 for more great food, drinks and music to take care of our own. Thank you to everyone who cooked, poured, and attended. We couldn’t do what we do without you.

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Southern Smoke Decanted

Decanted, presented by Lexus, unlocks the best of our wines and each other in Southern Smoke’s wine auction, uniting wine lovers with vintners from around the world in a spectacular afternoon benefiting Southern Smoke Foundation. Save the date for March 29, 2025!

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Respect the Rosé: Run for the Rosés

We’ve been drinking pink wine with some of our favorite chefs since 2016! We’ll be back in 2025 with a new theme and another great party!

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Events Calendar

Name: Aiko’s Heal and Spread Healing Mocktail
Start: 2024-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Aiko

Interested in hosting an event to benefit Southern Smoke? Reach out at
caroline@southernsmoke.org

Oct 15, 2024 | 6:00–9:00 pm

Preeti Waas x Dean Neff at Seabird

Wilmington, NC

Join Dean Neff and the team at Seafbird as they team up with Preeti Waas from Cheeni in Durham to raise funds for their friends in the hospitality industry via Southern Smoke Foundation.

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Oct 16, 2024 | 6:30–8:30 pm

Elijah Craig Spirited Dinner at Brennan's of Houston

Houston, TX

Join us at Brennan's of Houston to celebrate Elijah Craig Old Fashioned Week with special guests from Heaven Hill Distillery and Southern Smoke Foundation. It will be an evening filled with entertaining stories, delicious food, and great drinks, all for a good cause. $15 from each ticket sold will be donated to Southern Smoke Foundation.

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Oct 20, 2024 | 5:30–9:30 pm

Rustic Canyon x Southern Smoke: Powered by Resy

Santa Monica, CA

Chefs Joshua Pinsky from New York's Claud, Christina Nguyen from Minneapolis' Hai Hai and Claudette Zepeda, along with Jeremy Fox and Elijah Deleon of Rustic Canyon in Los Angeles, are coming together for a one-of-a-kind dinner benefitting the Southern Smoke Foundation.

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Nov 20, 2024 | 6:00–9:00 pm

Dean Neff x Preeti Waas Dinner at Cheeni

Durham, NC

Enjoy a collaboration dinner at Cheeni benefitting SSF from Preeti & Dean: Preeti Waas from Cheeni (Durham) and Dean Neff from Seabird (Wilmington).

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