26th Annual Dining Away Duchenne

Date/Time

September 14, 2026
5:30 pm
- 8:30 pm

Location

Eastern Market, 7th Street Southeast, Washington, DC, USA
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26th Annual Dining Away Duchenne

Dining Away Duchenne is a celebrity chef dine-around event benefiting the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne, hosted by Joel & Dana Wood. The event features culinary delights prepared by Washington’s most popular chefs. Proceeds will fund cutting-edge research into treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Chefs for Dining away Duchenne in 2026:

Canton Disco Chef Timothy Yu
Catahoula Chef Thomas Malz
China Chilcano Chef Chris Wroblewski
The Commodore Chef Steve Kim
The Duck & The Peach Chef Kat Petonito
Duke’s Grocery Chef Ismael Vasquez
The Fried Rice Collective (CHIKO, Anju, I Egg You, Upstate FTW) Chefs Scott Drewno & Danny Lee
Gogi Yogi Chef Sayda Rivas
La Collina Chef Rochelle Cooper
Long Shot Hospitality (The Salt Line Restaurants / Dauphine’s / Ometeo) Chef Kyle Bailey
Maketto Chef Erik Bruner-Yang
Marv’s Dogs Chefs Diane Gross & Khalid Pitts
Nina May / Opal / Elena James Chef Colin McClimans
Problem Child Chef Ismael Vasquez
Purple Patch Chef Patrice Cleary
Sea Chef Dockside Kitchen Chef Jeffrey Buben
Side Door Pizza Chef Brian Schram
Thip Khao Chef Seng Luangrath

Dining Away Duchenne provides a number of opportunities for sponsorship:

Epicurean $50,000
• Prominent signage at the event and recognition in the program
• 25 tickets to the reception

Connoisseur $25,000
• Prominent signage at the event and recognition in the program
• 15 tickets to the reception

Aficionado $10,000
• Signage at the event and recognition in the program
• 10 tickets to the reception

Gourmet $5,000
• Signage at the event and recognition in the program
• Five tickets to the reception

Friends $1,000
• Mention in the program
• Two tickets to the reception

Individual $250

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