This episode is a special collaboration with UH Seidman Cancer Center. Thanks to Five Star Sensation for the opportunity to highlight this important event and its mission.

Five Star Sensation, a food-focused fundraiser supporting UH Seidman Cancer Center, will take place Saturday, June 28, (2025) uniting chefs and vintners from across the country to lend their talents and time to raise critical funds for cancer research and patient care.

This episode features three local participants: Host Chef Vinnie Cimino of Cordelia, Douglas Katz of Edgewater Hospitality (Zhug, Amba, Kiln) and Venoy Rogers of Certified Angus Beef, who shares his story as a current Seidman Cancer Center patient.

I also speak with Dr. Theodoros (Ted) Teknos, president and scientific director of UH Seidman Cancer Center, about the incredible advances attributed our region's only comprehensive cancer center. UH Seidman offers cancer patients the most advanced technology available, dedicated and skilled clinicians, and participation in hundreds of clinical trials.

I find that chefs, and members of the restaurant community as a whole, are some of the most generous people. Please check out this list of Five Star Sensation participants and support them locally or on your travels.

Since its inception in 1987 Five Star Sensation has raised more than $23 million for UH Seidman Cancer Center. For more information on this event, visit UHGIving.org.