Barton Seaver at the 2007 Food Fight.
Hot young chefs Barton Seaver, Stephen Lewandowski, David Deshaies, Tony Conte and Peter Smith will do battle with whisks and knives at the Capital Food Fight (November 11th), an
Iron Chef–style cooking competition that raises funds for hunger-fighting organization
DC Central Kitchen. Attendees can watch the action on stage, while grazing on specialties from an A–Z (
Agraria to
Zengo) selection of area restaurants (6 PM; $175 per person; Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW;
get tickets).