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PHOTO CAPTION: Chef Milly, a Celebrity Chef from “Hell’s Kitchen,” will host the California Soul Food Cookout and Festival in Pleasanton, Calif.<\/em><\/p>\n
Having earned a reputation as, \u201cThe Bay\u2019s Premier Outdoor Event,\u201d this exciting festival is focused on bringing friends and family together through good old-fashioned fun, family-style cooking and music. A Job Fair and Career Expo will also take place on both days.<\/p>\n
Event organizers are expecting more than 12,000 attendees, 35 food truck vendors and a variety of small business vendors. To date, 11 musical artists are confirmed with a combined number of 3 million Instagram followers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s an impressive number of people for sponsors to reach,\u201d says Annette Jackson, the CEO of The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival. \u201cWe\u2019ll be posting often and the excitement we\u2019re building is sure to pay off. It\u2019s all coming together in one great location and we\u2019ve put every precaution in place to ensure a safe, entertaining and successful event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corporate partners are invited to help underwrite the California Soul Food Cookout and Festival, while showcasing and promoting their company\u2019s services and products. Customized sponsorship packages are available here: https:\/\/eventhub.net\/events\/California-Soul-Food-Cookout-and-Festival_3027<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe California Soul Food Cookout and Festival is sure to evoke a spirit of unity, wholeness, peaceful gathering, love, celebration and memories that will resonate within the souls of all those who attend, while transferring positive energy back into the community,\u201d Jackson says.<\/p>\n A portion of the proceeds raised will provide much-needed resources to organizations throughout the Bay Area that help victims of domestic violence and the homeless population. To ensure that all members of the community get to participate, The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival will also provide complementary tickets to various community organizations, so those less fortunate may attend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to working with great community organizations and corporate partners to make this year one of the most unforgettable family entertainment experiences yet,\u201d Jackson adds.<\/p>\n As Margaret Mead once said: \u201cNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it\u2019s the only thing that ever has.\u201d<\/p>\n For event information: https:\/\/www.californiasoulfoodcookoutandfestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n SOCIAL MEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/soulfoodfestCA<\/a><\/p>\n Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/calisoulfoodfest\/<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/calisoulfoodfest<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0218-s2p-chef-milly-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n*Photo Caption: Chef Milly, a Celebrity Chef from “Hell’s Kitchen,” will host the California Soul Food Cookout and Festival in Pleasanton, Calif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 18, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The California Soul Food Cookout and Festival is an exclusive, two-day weekend event being held on September 17 and 18, 2022 at the Alameda Fairgrounds. In its 12th year, this year’s lineup will feature some of the state’s top food vendors, hottest R&B artists and gospel greats. What’s more, Chef Milly, a celebrity chef from “Hell’s Kitchen,” is the food venue host at the heart of it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9252,"featured_media":79156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,236,12804,1,10,37,191,197,103],"tags":[17739,8745,17740,13437,17738,7242],"class_list":["post-79137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-beverage-news","category-african-american-interest-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-entertainment-news","category-music-recording-news","category-event-news","category-san-francisco-news","tag-alameda-fairgrounds","tag-celebrity-chefs","tag-chef-milly","tag-gospel-music","tag-soul-food","tag-soul-music","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4599,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0218-s2p-chef-milly-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}