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Enter to Win the Ultimate Foodie Experience with Chef Devon Sanner

Chef Devon Sanner (Photo by Isaac Stockton)

Enter to Win the Ultimate Foodie Experience with Chef Devon Sanner

Apr 15, 20253 min read

Heads up, foodies! Here’s your chance to experience an unforgettable night of local cuisine from a top-notch chef.

Iron Chef Tucson finalist chef Devon Sanner will prepare a full dinner for six to 10 guests in your home. You’ll also receive four tickets to Intermountain’s food event/autism benefit, Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition, on Thursday, April 24.

Here’s how to enter:

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram.

Enter to win ASAP because entries close on Monday, April 21.

Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition

Thursday, April 24

As mentioned, the food-themed event and benefit for autism, Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition by Intermountain Centers for Human Development, is happening on Thursday, April 24. During Autism Awareness Month, Stars Around Us celebrates the heroic folks who uplift our community.

From 5 to 7:30 p.m., Intermountain is hosting more than 15 vendors and food trucks at Sensory Park, 401 N. Bonita Ave.

In addition to food and beverages, enjoy numerous interactive arts and culture exhibits, including a demonstration featuring special guest chef Sanner.

Get your tickets:

  • General Admission ($60)
  • Includes six vouchers used toward food and drinks
  • Buy tickets here

Vendors & Guest Artists

  • ADIS – agua frescas: horchata, strawberry horchata, watermelon, cucumber mint lemonade, mango lemonade, and pineapple
  • Ate Kai’s Treats – Filipino ube cookies
  • Bahndicted – Milk and boba tea magic: honeydew, mango, coconut, and taro
  • Bardown Fitness & Nutrition – classic lemonade, cherry limeade, and mango limeade with chamoy and tajin
  • Belicious Waffles – plain, pecan, jalapeño, and bacon
  • Ciao Down Pizza – vegan BBQ Jack and Legendary Snake Bite pizzas
  • Dirty Dough – signature cookies, including gluten-free
  • Doshirok – Korean food with flair
  • El Antojo Poblano – fried rolled shredded beef corn tacos in green sauce
  • El Movimiento Hot Dogs – Sonoran hot dogs
  • Empanadas El Dominicano – Caribbean empanadas: green chile and cheese (vegetarian), chorizo and cheese, ground beef, and chicken
  • Jeremiah’s Italian Ice – Italian ice and gelati
  • Just Churros – churro bites
  • La Estrella Bakery – polvorones, conchas, and marranitos
  • Le Macaron – macarons and gelati
  • Reds Tacos – quesabirria tacos
  • Tucson Mobile Bartending – beer, wine, and cocktails
Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition (Photo courtesy of Intermountain Centers for Human Development)
Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition (Photo courtesy of Intermountain Centers for Human Development)

Round off the evening by purchasing a ticket for Intermountain’s raffle.

Prizes, which are similar to what you’d win on “The Price is Right” TV show, include a Hawaii/Ireland vacation, an autographed Taylor Swift guitar, luxury items, and more. With free shipping available across the country, event attendance is not necessary to participate in the raffle. 

Get your tickets:

All tickets sold will support Intermountain’s work with youth on the autism spectrum by offering them quality educational, clinical, and workforce development opportunities. Intermountain has been providing services to youth with autism for decades, and your attendance empowers it to continue providing these transformative programs. 

Stars Around Us: Foodie Edition will be at Sensory Park, 401 N. Bonita Ave. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit my.onecause.com.

Article written by:

Matt Sterner

Matt Sterner

More about Matt

At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.

He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.

If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.

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