Rock Town Bacon Throwdown Oct. 24 to Benefit UAMS Patients
| LITTLE ROCK — Calling all bacon lovers – it’s time for the third annual Rock Town Bacon Throwdown, a tasty cook-off between local professional chefs to benefit patients and families at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.
The mouthwatering competition occurs Oct. 24 from 1-4 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium. Tickets, which are $25 in advance or $30 at the door, include a sample of each dish, soft drinks/water and a vote for favorite bacon dish.
Tickets can be purchased online via Eventbrite or by calling the UAMS Volunteer Services office, (501) 686-5656. Proceeds from the cook-off will benefit the UAMS Patient Support Fund, which helps patients, families and support programs at UAMS.
With purchase of an adult ticket, children 6 and under get in free for games and other family fun. Live entertainment will include two Arkansans – singer/songwriter Jessica Mack, who now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home, and Little Rock native Jake Dell.
Nine chefs have confirmed their participation in this year’s competition, including last year’s winner, Scott Rains of Table 28. He will be facing off against chefs from Cache Restaurant, So Restaurant, Ristorante Capeo, YaYa’s Euro Bistro, Ciao Baci, Terry’s Finer Foods, Boulevard Bread Company and Blue Cake Company. A panel of judges will select the overall winners, while ticketholders will vote to determine which chef takes home the People’s Choice award.
If the Arkansas-Auburn game is playing during the cook-off, it will be shown on scoreboard screen and the screens in the concourse.
The event is being hosted by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary’s Aux Crew of young professionals. For ongoing updates about the event, visit the UAMS Aux Crew Facebook page and follow them on Twitter or Instagram at @uamsauxcrew.
The UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary plays an important role in providing for the needs of the patients and visitors of the UAMS Medical Center. Part of that commitment includes giving back to programs and departments on campus doing work that directly promotes, improves and advances the welfare, health and comfort of UAMS patients. The Aux Crew helps support the mission of the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###