The Tampa Bay area is home to a plethora of talented chefs, and a nice lineup of them turned downtown Tampa into a food lover’s paradise last Thursday night when Meet The Chefs took over The Vault.

The cocktail-style sampling event gave ticket holders a chance to rub elbows with the Bay area’s most talented culinarians, and a portion of proceeds benefited the nonprofit Feeding Tampa Bay, which is on a mission to end hunger in 10 counties.

Up next for local food lovers is Tampa Bay Restaurant Week, happening June 13-23 where nearly 60 local restaurants are offering special multi-course prix fixe menus, plus exclusive pricing on drink specials and more.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...