Our biggest event of the year is just around the corner! Returning for its 23rd year, Uncorked! A Food and Wine Event will be held on Friday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Uncorked! is the station’s largest fundraising event. Emceed this year by WJAR’s Mario Hilario, the annual fundraiser offers delicious food and drink samples, live and silent auctions, and entertainment. Restaurants and confectionaries across Rhode Island will prepare popular menu items, and notable local breweries, distilleries, and vineyards will mix and pour their most impressive beverages. You can look forward to trying food and drinks from:
Just Ellen’s Catering Tony’s Seafood Blaze Kitchens Bywater Chapel Grille Diego’s East Side Luigi’s Restaurant & Gourmet Express Gracie's | Pot-au-Feu Russell Morin The Coast Guard House Restaurant Chef Ming Tsai's MingsBing Cakes by Eboni Warwick Ice Cream Narragansett Brewing Co. KEEL Vodka | Rhodium Rhode Island Spirits Stonecutter Spirits Boston Harbor Distillery Gasbarro’s Wines Brands of Portugal Polar Beverages ISH Kristi's Kraftails Ritual |
Joining Rhode Island PBS this year as the celebrity guest is Chef Ming Tsai, host of the PBS show Simply Ming. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Chef Tsai, try his new MingsBings plant-based & gluten-free pockets, and purchase a copy of his book, Simply Ming One-Pot Meals: Quick, Healthy & Affordable Recipes.
Bidding for the live and silent auctions begin on event night. In addition to the auctions, Rhode Island PBS is excited to announce a new raffle component featuring a Ross-Simons diamond necklace. Tickets for the raffle go on sale March 1 and will be available for purchase at the event. Rhode Island PBS will announce the winner the night of April 21.
Ticket sales for Uncorked! also begin on March 1. Tickets are limited, but a small number may be available at the door. Advance ticket pricing for the event will be available through March 22, with VIP tickets starting at $150 and general admission at $100. After March 22, VIP tickets will be $175, and general admission will be $150. VIP tickets include a pre-event reception at 6:15 p.m.
As this is a food and wine event, all guests must be 21 years and older to attend. All ticket purchases are available through ripbs.org.
For updates on participating restaurants, auction items, and more, follow @uncorkedripbs on Instagram.
About Chef Ming Tsai
Chef Tsai is a James Beard & Emmy Award-Winning chef, philanthropist, T.V. personality, and entrepreneur. He is the creator of award-winning restaurants, author of five cookbooks, and current host/executive producer of PBS-TV’s Simply Ming. In 2022, Chef Tsai became Iron Chef Tsai as he joined the cast of 5 world-class chefs in the Netflix series Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. Chef Tsai is the foremost interpreter of East-West cooking. He has always been a believer that “you are what you eat” and that food is medicine.
In 2020, Chef Tsai founded MingsBings: a nationally recognized, award-winning, consumer-packaged goods startup. MingsBings brings healthy, plant-based, gluten-free convenience to the frozen food aisle. MingsBings are now sold in over 4,000 retail stores with a portion of proceeds going to two charities close to Chef’s heart: Dana Farber and Family Ranch.
