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G&G Festival Brunch

On March 9th, G&G, Louisville Tourism, and the Southern Smoke Foundation came together to host an intimate drop-in brunch during the Charleston Wine + Food Festival. VIP guests were treated to a morning of cocktails, Rose Gold Wine, and a selection of Southern flavors curated by some of the festival’s featured chefs: Andrew McCabe from Louisville’s bar Vetti; Erin Smith and Patrick Feges from Houston’s Feges BBQ; Jason Stanhope from Charleston, South Carolina’s Lowland; Lawrence Weeks of Louisville’s North of Bourbon; Joy Wilson from Bellville, Texas’ Joy the Baker; and RJ Yoakum from Dallas’s Georgie.

Special thanks to:
Rose Gold Wine
Angel’s Envy
Cathead Distillery
Louie Louie
Luzianne Tea
Blue Plate Real Mayonnaise
Zatarain’s

March 18, 2025

In partnership with

Louisville Tourism

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Guests are welcomed to the drop-in brunch at the G&G headquarters.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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From left: chefs Wilson, Yoakum, Stanhope with his son, Smith, Feges, McCabe, and Weeks.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Chef Wilson’s Cajun sausage shrimp boil with loaded hushpuppies featuring Zatarain’s Cajun Style Smoked Sausage.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Southern Smoke Foundations executive director Lindsey Brown and founding director Chris Shepherd with Stephanie Burt and Andrea Upchurch.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Chef Feges with Matt Lee.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Chef Weeks, Clay Williams, and KJ Kearney.

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Margaret Tuskey, Jenni Lata, and Breck Rochow.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Sam Fore and David DiBenedetto, G&G editor in chief.

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Chef Smith and Feges’ barbacoa breakfast tacos.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

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Jeremy Cooker, Christian Bryant, G&G senior vice president and publisher, and Andrea Serrano.

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Chubby Fish’s chef de cuisine Carlos Paredes and chef James London.

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Jaimie and John Dewberry with their daughter.

Photo: Cameron Wilder

A magazine cover of a garden

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