Feeding San Diego's Pairings With A Purpose Tasting Event Returns With Brunch Theme On April 13 | Enter To Win 2 Tickets

March 17, 2019

Feeding San Diego will bring its annual Pairings With A Purpose culinary competition, tasting event and charity fundraiser back to Bobby Riggs Tennis Club & Museum in scenic Encinitas on Saturday, April 13 from 12-3pm, offering a delicious afternoon of tastings from some of San Diego's top chefs, breweries and wineries. We are raffling off two tickets! Read on for details and be sure to enter.


At Pairings With A Purpose, enjoy exclusive brunch themed pairings from San Diego’s most skilled and creative chefs, each paired with a brewery or winery. Enjoy games, music and bidding on one-of-a-kind silent auction experiences in beautiful Encinitas, all while doing your part in the mission to end hunger in San Diego. Each chef and beverage duo will collaborate to create a special pairing of food and drink during a riveting culinary competition where not only a lineup of culinary judges, but also guests, get to sample each pairing.

Participating restaurants and beverage purveyors that will serve up samples at Pairings With A Purpose include Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant, Coast Catering, Brigantine Seafood Restaurants, Death by Tequila, Viewpoint Brewing Co., Moonage Food Co., Catalina Offshore Products, Puesto, Maretalia, Galaxy Taco, Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria, Great Maple, NINE-TEN Restaurant & Bar, Bang Bang, Flower Child, Mikkeller Brewing, Boochcraft, Bay City Brewing Co., Latitude 33 Brewing, AutomaticBrewingCo, Northern Pine Brewing, Stumblefoot Brewing Company, Cutwater Spirits, Bagby Beer, GOODONYA Organic Restaurant, Mike Hess Brewing Company, Societe Brewing Company, Nosotros Tequila, Chervona Vodka, Second Chance Beer Company, Mighty Booch, SUJA Juice, Prestons' Ginger Beer, Modern Times Beer, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, JuneShine, Bitter Brothers Brewing Co., Cheval Winery, and Woodsy Coffee & Chareau.

All-inclusive tickets to Pairings With A Purpose are available online for $75 for GA and $150 for VIP, which includes one hour early entrance to the event (11am) with exclusive chef tastings and preferred parking. All proceeds benefit Feeding San Diego, a non-profit organization that works to help the nearly half a million San Diego residents, including 1 in 5 children, that are struggling with hunger, creating a long-term impact in the community through a comprehensive approach to hunger-relief. Over the last three years, Pairings with a Purpose has raised enough funds to provide more than one million meals for children, families, and seniors facing hunger.

Established in 2007, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief organization in the county, providing 25.2 million meals within the last year. It is the only Feeding America affiliate in the region. Feeding San Diego provides food and resources to a network of more than 245 distribution partners serving 63,000 children, families and seniors each week. Focused on healthy food, education and advocacy, Feeding San Diego is building a hunger-free and healthy San Diego through innovative programs and collaborative partnerships.

Bobby Riggs Tennis Club & Museum is located at 875 Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas. For more information on the event and to purchase passes, visit FeedingSanDiego.org/Pairings.