Miami Valley Meals' signature fundraiser, Diced in Dayton, is an interactive, food-filled event that showcases and celebrates the creativity of local chefs as they craft unique dishes from a set of mystery ingredients. Participating chefs must meet the challenge that MVM chefs face each day: how to transform unpredictable ingredients into something new and delicious.
Guests delight in the ingenuity and flavor of the dishes while learning about what Miami Valley Meals does to help those who are food insecure in our community. At the end of the night, the top two chefs, as voted by the people and by judges, compete in a live cook-off for the title of Diced in Dayton Champion.
This is a 21+ event.
This year's event will include chefs representing:
- Otterbein SeniorLife (James Blythe, 2025 Judge's Choice winner & Final Champion)
- Bistecca (Jacob Rodibaugh, 2025 People's Choice winner)
- Creative Delights Catering & Cruisin' Cuisine (Waver Howard)
- Culture & Nood Bar (Carly Hensley)
- The Foundry (Josh Cox)
- Koji Burger & Fei (Zack Weiner, 2024 winner)
- Méridien (Adrian Madrigal Mendiola)
- NCR Country Club (Aaron Braun)
- Tropi Bites LLC (Quinneka Smith-Hall)
- The Ugly Duckling (Mason Schindler)
- Wheat Penny (Rob Fischer)
and more.
